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Carney dismissed
After Hours position eliminated from UO.
By Karen Grooms an
Seth Johnson
Erika Carney's position
as director of Urban
Outreach's after school
program, After Hours, was
eliminated early July due
to necessary budget cuts
and inter-relational con-flicts
within the staff.
"We had expected some
funding, specifically for
the renovations we did to
the Underground, and
ongoing funds for the
[Urban Outreach] staff,"
explained President David
Horner. "The funds we actually
received were only about half of
what we were expecting. And the
funds for hiring staff had vanished
completely."
Carney gave further explana-tion
of her dismissal saying,
"There were interpersonal con-flicts
within the Urban Outreach
staff that were found to be unre-solveable
by the North Park
administration and this con-tributed
to my dismissal from the
staff."
President Horner stressed that
"though it was Erika's position
that was eliminated, it's not fair
Erika Carney at the dedication of the
Underground last year.
PIMP
Nancy Arnesen's newly-adopted
daughter.
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Overview of NPU's
fall sports
Back page
The razzle-dazzle of
Chicago. A theatre
Page 6 review.
to say that Erika was the singular
cause to the problems of the
interrelations of the staff."
Student Director of Urban
Outreach Matt Palmquist pointed
out that although Carney was one
of the driving forces behind the
program's initiation and success,
"many of the people who were
inspired by her are still here. [Her
dismissal] allows them to take a
greater role in the leadership of
After Hours."
The funds for the After Hours
program which fell through were
supposed to come from a Seattle-based
company who, according
to Carney, had agreed to give
$100,000 to the After
Hours program.
"The company
promised to pay
$50,000 in October of
1996," said Carney,
"and pay the remaining
$50,000 in the Spring of
1997. The company ran
into some financial dif-ficulties,"
she contin-ued,
"and were not able
to keep their end of the
deal for the remaining
$50,000."
Attributing the
• shortage of funds to a
miscommunication, Homer said,
"There was a misunderstanding
on what [the company] had com-mitted
to."
Carney's future plans are to
attend Fuller Theological
Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.,
during the upcoming quad and to
return to Chicago in January to
continue seminary at North Park.
Carney expressed her confi-dence
that the NPU administra-tion
is dedicated to seeing the
After Hours program succeed.
"God has total and complete con-trol,"
she added, "and whatever
happens happens ,because God
planned it to be that way."
Vandals caught
By Matt Guncheon
SENIOR WRITER
On Wednesday night,
Chicago Police arrested two
juveniles for writing gang-related
graffitti on the eastern doors of
Von Steuben High School.
According to the officers who
made the arrest, the graffitti was
linked to the FamiliaStones gang
which claims territory south of
Kedzie Avenue on the border of
the North Park University campus.
The juveniles scrawled
"FMN", short for "Familia
Stones Nation" on the door
familiar to North Parkers as the
door Von Steuben students use to
access the park adjacent to the
bridge.
According to the officers, the
CPD has increased its presence
in the neighborhood around
North Park, and plan to keep a
Gang-related graffiti on
the east door of Von
Steuben High School.
close watch on gang-related
activities.
"With the college [North
Park] nearby, we try and keep the
gangbangers away from here
[Von Steuben]," explained one
officer.
As the paper went to press,
charges were pending against the
two juvenile offenders.
A crane works to clear rubble from Foster Avenue
after a car smashed into the Sweden Shop.
Sweden Shop
crumbles
By Adam A.Ward
The Sweden Shop was
smashed when a driver heading
east on Foster Avenue attempt-ed
to pass three cars, lost con-trol
of his vehicle, and spun a
sharp left into the southeast
corner of the store.
The collision, which leveled
the store's corner support pillar
and caused a partial collapse of
the building, occurred at about
12:15 ant on Monday, August 11.
"I heard his tires screeching
and saw him smash into the
pole of the Sweden Shop." said
Amy Olson. "After a minute,
the driver climbed out of the
[passenger] window and
limped off."
The unidentified man was
driving a stolen '94 Honda
Civic, and he successfully
escaped the scene. Police
arrived about ten minutes later
and blocked off Foster between
Kimball and Kedzie Avenues
because they feared a total col-lapse
of the building.
"I felt it. It was like a vol-cano,
an explosion," said Andy
Sharma, who was sleeping in
his apartment above the store
when the crash occurred.
"When I got down, [the build-ing]
was already busted," he
says. "Smoke was coming out
of the accident site."
Residents of the four apart-ments
at risk of collapse were
temporarily moved to different
locations, said Gosta
Bergstrom, who owns the
building and allowed three of
the displaced tenants to stay in
his own home.
Later that day, a construction
crane tore down the damaged
portion of the building, and
placed boards over the open-ings.
Bergstrom estimateed that
the structural damage to the
building totals between sixty
and seventy thousand dollars
and that repairs will take at
least another month.
Meanwhile, the Sweden Shop
remains boarded up but is still
open for business as usual.
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By President David Horner
Iappreciate the invitation of the student leadership of the newly
named "North Park Press" to communicate to the campus com-munity
via this column twice each semester of the academic year.
My intention is to use this space to address emerging or current cam-pus
issues and to inform students of major institutional plans or con-cerns.
In this my first column of the new academic year I would like
to speak to an apparently mundane but important topic related to our
ongoing development as a "university" — academic organization.
After two years of discussion with the facutly, an academic organi-zation
proposal was developed and approved by the Board of Trustees
last spring. The previous and new organizations are as follows:
Prior Organization
Division of Humanities
Division of Fine Arts
Division of Social Science
Division of Science & Math
Division of Nursing
North Park Theological Seminary
New Organization
College of Arts & Sciences
School of Music
School of Education
School of Business
School of Nursing
School of Continuing Studies
North Park Theological Seminary
During this academic year an internal search will be conducted to
appoint a Dean of Undergraduate Studies (a new member of the
President's Cabinet) from among the ranks of the current faculty.
Dean Ebner, formerly Dean of the College Faculty, has taken on a new
role as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate and
Professional Studies. The Dean of Undergraduate Studies will provide
leadership to the professional schools and the School of Continuing
Studies.
The expected pay-off from this rearrangement is a greater focus on
the development of the liberal arts as the academic "heart" of North
Park University as well as greater attention to maximizing the quality
of the total undrgraduate experience. At the same time we expect to
continue to improve the development of graduate, adult and profes-sional
academic programs, which have played an important role
throughout North Park's history and have fueled much of our enroll-ment
growth since 1990 — during which time we have grown from
just over 1,000 students to more than 2,000 students.
In my next column I intend to address the topic of enrollment
growth and such questions as: Why do we want North Park to grow?
How big do we want North Park to be? Will our growth threaten the
highly personal quality of North Park?
I hope that students and others will find these columns informative
and helpful. We are off to a good start in what promises to be an excit-ing
first year as North Park University!
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Seth Johnson
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Peri Stone
NEws EDI I OR
Sara Bussema
SPORTS EDILOR
Tim Lundgren
PULSE EDITOR
Greg Harms
SENIOR WRITER
Matt Guncheon
LAYOUT EDITOR
Deb Hendriksma
BUSINESS MANAGER
Nate Anderson
Phone Number:(773) 244-5618
Fax Number:(773) 244-5551
3225 W. Foster Ave. Box 10
Chicago, IL 60625
David G. Horner
President
Homelessness
and hunger
New focus at Urban Outreach
By Maria VanAlmen
A weekend spent scrounging
for food and sleeping on lower
Wacker Drive two years ago
made homelessness a reality for
senior Tina Campain, who now
helps lead Urban Outreach's new
Homelessness and Hunger Team.
Campain was partipating in
"Urban Plunge"
with five other
North Parkers
where they
spent the
weekend with
only the
clothes they
were wearing,
a blanket and
$1.50. During that time Campain
was able to meet some homeless
people who she is still friends
with today.
Campain's interest in the issue
was instrumental in the new team
being formed at Urban Outreach
(UO), said director Ruth
Werstler.
"She basically made the team
up," Werstler explained.
Campain oversees the three
different programs:
Breakthrough, JPUSA
Cornerstone Community
Outreach and North Park
Covenant Church Food Pantry.
Juniors Peter Norl and and
Jeani Habegger are also part of
the team. Norland will be coordi-nating
campus events like
"Urban Plunge," and Habegger
will develop service opportuni-ties
for the classroom.
Norland has been interested in
helping the homeless since he
took an ethics class his first year
at North Park. He hopes to make
a permanent difference in their
lives, rather than just walk by and
give them a few quarters. People
do not acknowledge the home-less
when walking by, points out
Norland, but the homeless
acknowledge them.
The team's
goals are for stu-dents
to form
friendships
with the indi-viduals
that
they will be
helping out and
to treat these indi-viduals
as real people.
"Breakthrough" deals with run-ning
a homeless shelter.
Volunteers are needed Sunday
through Wednesday from 8 p.m.
to 10 p.m. at a shelter located at
the First Evangelical Free
Church at 5251 N. Ashland St.
The JPUSA Cornerstone
Community Outreach is about
offering love, care and compas-sion
to women and children
housed in a transitional living
shelter located at 4626 N. Clifton
St., and volunteers are needed on
Fridays between 6 and 9 p.m.
North Park Covenant Church
Pantry, 5240 N.Christiana St.
works to pack, sort, and deliver
food to local needy families.
Students can volunteer on
Wednesdays from 12-3 or 3-6
p.m. or on Fridays from 2-5 p.m.
Those interested in volunteer-ing
can contact the Urban
Outreach office at X-5554.
Late Cupola tradition
By Sara Bussema and Betsy
Froebel
Returning students received
1996-97 Cupolas on August 27,
despite severe production diffi-culties
for the second year in a row.
The new yearbook problems
began when senior Lukas Eklund
was hired to create the 1996-97
yearbook. He completed only 60
pages before graduation, howev-er,
saying he intended to finish
the book when fall classes
resumed.
But Student Association (SA)
President Krist Werling fired
him, taking on editor responsibil-ity
himself to ensure a timely
publication.
"Students deserve to get a
yearbook on time," Werling
explained.
Werling hired fellow junior
Nicole Charrunas, and the two
"Once again, the Cupola was ditched and left
to die: It is an unfortunate occurence. 11
—excerpt from SA's apology
in the 1996-97 Cupola
worked furiously to complete the
book over the summer. Despite a
serious lad( of photos, they com-pleted
a 208-nage yearbook on
July 10.
"Overall, I'd like to think it's
pretty good," said Werling, but he
acknowledged that it needs addi-tional
writing and more diverse
candid photos. He also apolo-gized
for omitting several sports
pages because of the photo short-age.
The troubled history of Cupola
production dates back to 1995,
when then-junior yearbook editor
Tamara Quintero was stepped
down halfway through the year.
Production halted until senior
Ryan Richardson took over her
job, but he did not finish the
1995-96 yearbook until February
of 1997.
SA directs $28,000 toward the
Cupola each year, making year-book
production the largest
expenditure from student activity
funds.
"We essentially wasted [that
money] over the last two years,"
says Werling. "That's got to
stop."
Junior Sarah Park has been
hired as editor of 1997-8 Cupola,
which Werling promises will be
high quality and on time.
September 12, 1997
"What has been your
biggest obstacle since
coining to NPU this
yea r?
"To be accepted
into society."
AHMED MEMON, SR.
"Since I'm a
commuter, I
don't really
know what's
going on."
HANJO0 CHOI, SR.
"Everybody
• thinks they're
dating my
girlfriend."
JAY BAEHR, 1ST YR.
"Learning how
to cook."
jODY RIGENBERG, SR.
September 12, 1997
By Peri Stone
Before April, English professor
Nancy Arnesen wondered if she
would ever see her daughter charm
the masses at North Park registration.
It had been a dream for awhile, she said,
but one she had given up on until April 4,
1997. On this day she received a picture of
10-month old Emma Mei
from China along medical
records reporting good health.
Arnesen began the process
of Chinese adoption in
August 1995 with the hopes
of receiving a baby six
months later. Although the
exact reasons are unclear,
Arnesen attributes the two-year
wait to Chinese adminis-trative
changes in adoption
policy. A group of 18 families
and single women, who like
Arnesen were applying
through the Sunnyridge
Family Center in , Wheaton,
Ill., all had to wait.
While they waited, the
number of Americans adopting
Chinese babies skyrocketed.
The numbers jumped from 187
Americans in 1994 to 2,130 in
1995, according to the U.S.
State Department. The num-bers
for 1996 are 3,333 and are
expected to be topped in 1997.
This could be because
Chinese adoption policies
meet needs that aren't met
with policies in other coun-one
that is so different, takes a really long
time," Arnesen said.
She did have some impressions, includ-ing
a sense of joy there despite the lack of
material things. She also noticed their love
for children.
"We got presents everywhere," she said.
The hotel even gave Emma a bracelet.
This description greatly contrasts that of
the American perception of Chinese
parents killing or abandoning
their baby girls. But this is a
part of the reality there as well.
The majority of abandoned
children available for adoption
in China are girls. Anyone who
has more than one child in
China has to pay a penalty,
which is especially difficult for
the poor.
"There is a strong his-torical
preference for males,"
explained Arnesen. Old age
security plays a big role.
Females have an obligation to
their in-laws, while males take
care of their own families.
Arnesen knows little
about Emma's history other
than that she lived in an
orphanage. Some newly-adopted
Chinese babies are
under-nourished, have respira-tory
infections or skin condi-tions,
according to an article in
the New York Times (8/19/97).
Arnesen has had no such
problems.
"Emma is such a happy
baby," she said, "It's obvious
A North Park professor's
journey into motherhood.
tries, including the U.S.
Domestic adoption would
have been impossible for Arnesen, a single
woman.
Other adoptive parents are attracted to
China's requirement to be 35-55 years of
age. In other countries they would be con-sidered
too old.
Although the logistics for Chinese
adoption made sense for Arnesen, the idea
overwhelmed her, she said. The turning
point came when her brother's bout with
AIDS took a turn for the worse.
"It put life in perspective," she said. "I
realized I needed to have courage and
accept change."
Arnesen put herself in her brother's
place and realized that not adopting a child
would have been her one regret.
This moment of clarity was fully real-ized
on July 9, 1997, in Nanchang, China.
Arnesen had received permission to travel
from the Chinese government on July 1,
bought airline tickets on July 3, and
received final confirmation and left for
Tokyo with her mother on July 4. They
arrived in Nanchang on July 8 after sever-al
stops, including one to Hong Kong.
After a forty-five minute drive to the hotel,
the two wearied travelers had only enough
time to check-in.
It was 11:00 p.m.; their suitcases were
untouched. Arnesen looked down the hall-way
and saw someone carrying Emma
towards her.
"I lost it," she said. And since then
Arnesen says she's never been happier.
It's a weird blend of stress and exhilara-tion
and joy," she said.
Beyond the usual respiinsibilities of
raising a child, Arnesen has committed
herself to integrating the ways of China
into Emma's life.
"Culturally she is going to have dual
citizenship," Arnesen explained. "And so
am!."
Arnesen hopes to learn Mandarin with
Emma and to take her back to China. The
two will eat Chinese foods, sometimes
with chopsticks, and celebrate Chinese
holidays like the Autumn Moon Fest.
"Learning another culture, especially
she was well taken care of."
Arnesen also describes
Emma as purposeful, recounting an inci-dent
at registration.
While Arnesen conferred with a stu-dent,
President David Horner sat down
with Emma on his lap. Emma began pick-ing
up registration cards and stacking them
one by one on his hand. Horner comment-ed
that Emma looked like she was trying to
accomplish something. When Emma fin-ished
with the stack of cards, she applauded.
Moments like these certainly make the
usual doldrums of parenthood easier.
Although Arnesen is a single parent, she
doesn't feel like she faces these doldrums
alone.
"I feel like I have all these communities
of support," she said.
Arnesen's parents help out while she
teaches one class this semester. Details for
next semester, when she is scheduled to
return full-time, haven't been finalized.
Arnesen is obviously thrilled with
motherhood: "I wake up every morning,"
she said, "and it still seems like a miracle."
Internships waiting for students
By Ian Arsenault
Students looking to get a leg up on the
competitive job market should consider
North Park's Internship program.
This 15-week program gives students
the opportunity to gain work experience.
To be eligible for an internship, students
must have attended North Park for at least
one full year, earned at least 60 credits,
and hold a GPA of at least 2.5 in their
major. To be accepted into the program,
students must interview with Internship
Coordinator Chuck Olson and provide
suitable resumes.
Interns are required to work at least 15
hours per week, keep a daily log of activi-ties,
do some assigned reading and write a
final paper. A faculty sponsor oversees
each intern, who earns two to eight credit
hours based on a pass/fail grading system.
The deadline to apply for a Spring
internship is November 1.
Graduating seniors should also consider
attending the Fall Illinois Collegiate Job
Fair, which will be held in DePaul
University's Alumni Hall on Friday,
October 24, 1997. Students can pre-regis-ter
by by sending $5 and a resume copy by
October 17th.
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By Matt Guncheon
The inaugural
address
Disclaimer: The View from Here acknowl-edges
no debt to Steven Dahlin for the use
of the phrase and concept "North Park
Daycare." We simply refer to this in the
trade as - 'finders keepers" or sometimes
even "Presidential speechwriting." Thank
you and good night.
Friends and neighbors of our new
University, I begin this wonderfully
tasty year here at this institute of
higher earning O-n a semi-positive note.
We are now a University: a place hal-lowed
by traditions, where the ridiculous is
the normal, where people like me are con-sidered
to be evidence that the undergradu-ate
system is still intact. (There's a scary
thought.) Where the afterlife is considered
to be the two-week period after graduation
— where the sacred is — you get the point.
If you're having a hard time with this
definition, relax. You're not the only one.
I hate to say it, but we seem to have
stopped somewhere along the Yellow Brick
Road to the Emerald University City and
found ourselves at North Park Daycare.
We don't have a single problem typical-ly
associated with universities showing up
yet — they all must have the wrong
address. Maybe the campus post office
mistakenly forwarded them to
Northeastern Illinois or worse yet,
Wheaton. We just can't seem to get ahead
of them.
I mean, I see no drunken bacchanalia
and scenes of debauchery along a row of
quaint houses, (unless you count that we
now have a Monopoly set of apartments on
Carmen Avenue), no national champi-onship
teams being arrested for carting off
entire Foot Lockers' worth of merchandise,
no flashy alumni in such memorable films
as Rudy and Smolcey and the Bandit, no
Playboy Playmates to our credit, no spon-sorship
deals with Nike and NBC, no NFL
alumni currently serving probation ... Hell,
Bill Cosby hasn't even shown up at gradu-ation
yet, the ungrateful son-of-a-goat.
We do have some redeeming qualities.
Apparently we're having the most, trendy
university ailment: mascot problems. Of
course we can blame the North Park Viking
—when was the last time you saw a Viking
cleaning up his mess after a long hard day
burning and pillaging? My vote goes to the
North Park University North Branch Green
Wave, eco-friendly and able to suck the
life out of anything in its path.
I don't know though, people. Until we
start appearing on the five o'clock news
with grim regularity, or at the very least,
actually get on the Princeton Party Schools
list, no one's gonna take our nameserious-ly.
I mean it. We just gotta do something
about this — it's bad for business.
That's the view from up here on the
Hump trying to incite a riot, or at the very
least, get some of these wholesome-look-ing
people deported to Northwestern.
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Week in Review
DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES, was buried early Saturday morning in
London during an elaborate funeral ceremony in which her brother,
Earl Spencer, berated the media for their role in her life and death.
Billions of people around the world continue to mourn her loss.
Meanwhile, police are investigating the details of the Paris car acci-dent
that killed Diana, her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed, and driver Henri
Paul. Recent reports have confirmed that Paul was legally drunk and
that Diana was not wearing a seatbelt.
MOTHER THERESA DIED of a heart attack last Friday at age 87. The
Roman Catholic nun and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner headed the
Missionaries of Charity, a worldwide organization of over 4,000 nuns.
Indian Prime Minister I.K. Gujral broke national protocol by granting
her a state funeral, and she will be buried at St. Thomas's Church in
Calcutta on Saturday. Her ceremony will be broadcast live on net-work
television at 1:30 a.m.
SECRETARY OF STATE Madeleine Albright embarked on her first jour-ney
to the Middle East Wednesday, despite what may be the most vio-lent
atmosphere in several years. Albright was welcomed by Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who says her efforts are the best
hope for progress in recently disrupted peacemaking efforts. Triple
suicide bombings in Jerusalem that left four dead and 192 injured pre-cede
her visit.
A 60-FOOT FERRY sank off the coast of Haiti Monday, possibly killing
over 200 people. Only 60 survivors are confirmed. The United
Nations is spearheading a salvage effort in the 120-foot-deep waters
where the boat capsized, and 99 bodies have been retrieved.
Anguished villagers are angrily accusing the government of negli-gence
after reports that lax regulations caused the accident.
THE TWO LAWYERS in Paula Jones' sexual harassment case against
President Clinton withdrew from her case Tuesday for what they call
"fundamental differences." The men reportedly clashed with Jones
over her refusal to accept a settlement in the lawsuit.
A FEMALE CADET at Virginia Military Institute has been suspended for
two semesters for punching a male upperclassmen. Angelica Garza,
18, was among 30 females who enrolled in August at VMI, an 158-
year-old, previously all-male campus. The incident occurred during a
rat-line, where cadets are required to stand at attention and endure ver-bal
abuse from superiors.
SIR GEORG SOLTI, perhaps the most revered conductor in the world,
died last week at the age of 85. He will be honored in an Oct. 25 con-cert
by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
,New Gym Floor. First major
move toward "university" status.
Magnuson Campus Center ior carpeted. But how nice will this
be when the wet, muddy winter
rears its ugly head?
N.. Brown, the new color of the
bridge. Second major move
towards "university" status.
NIL Leaky roof in Anderson
Chapel. Didn't this building just
go up four years ago?
4116._ End-of-the-year South Africa
trip. Suddenly canceled!?
September 12, 1997
Band Jam—Atwitter, North Park's Christian alternative band, takes a break
from their big gigs at True Tunes, to entertain a crowd on the hump. Band
members include (from left to right) Phil Kuhl (guitar), Tina Campain (vocals),
Jeremiah Bedford (drums), and Dave Oliver (bass). Also performing at the
event was 5 Men Down.
Chicago: the other side
By Matt Guncheon
On September 27, Urban
Outreach and the Threshold com-mittee
will once again sponsor a
one-day service project that helps
the Threshold students become
acquainted to both Urban
Outreach and our community.
Urban Outreach will be host-ing
the Ninth Annual Chicago:
The Other Side (CTOS), a one-time
service requirement for all
North Park University's first-year
students.
In the past, students have had
the chance to work for a variety
of community organizations. Last
year, Urban Outreach invited
community organizations to vol-unteer
alongside a group of stu-dents
at several sites close to the
North Park campus that were
chosen by the community organi-zations.
This year the event will begin
at 9:00 a.m. in the Multi-Purpose
Room with a short speech and an
introduction of community mem-bers.
Student groups will be
divided up and then connected
with a community group. They
will work together on a restora-tion
project in the area. After
lunch, the groups will disband
and be dismissed.
Attendance at last year's
event, according to junior Peter
VerHage, CTOS coordinator, was
about 170 people. This year,
VerHage expects close to 200.
"Thirty people in one year's
time is a .pretty good sign of
growth," said VerHage.
CTOS will be held between
9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on
Saturday, September 27. If you
would like to participate or have
questions, please call Peter
VerHage at extension 5559 or e-mail
at pverhag@northpark.edu
New and more efficient method for
the handling of student concerns
By Sarah Doyle
In previous years at North Park, students have been given the
opportunity to express concerns they had at the student concerns table
in the main lobby of Carlson Tower every Monday.
This table was set up to provide a means of communication for res-ident
and commuter students. Part of senate's mission is to actively
seek out and act upon student needs and concerns, and the senate takes
this duty very seriously.
Although the best of intentions went into setting up the student
concerns table, it was seldom used as a source of communication
between the students and the senate. For this reason, the student con-cerns
committee has begun work to overhaul the current system.
Students can expect to see a student concerns table in the Viking
Lounge and student concern boxes in every residence hall. This will
enable students to express concerns at any time. A box will also be
placed in Carlson Tower for the benefit of commuter students.
Part-Time Youth Group Leader Sought:
Enjoy working with High School youth? Enjoy helping young kids have fun
in a Christian context? First United Methodist Church of Franklin Park is
seeking to employ a college student to work with our Jr.-Sr. High youth
group. We are several miles from O'Hare International Airport, about 15
minutes away.
Renumeration: $250.00 per month
Job Description: Leading our afternoon Jr. - Sr. High Youth Program the
first three Sundays of each month, September-May, and teaching a
Sunday School class one hour Sunday mornings. The group is small, but
very enthusiastic. The pastor and parents will work as a resource group
with the youth worker. If you are interested in the position, please call
(847)455-5858 and ask for Pastor Williams.
SOCCER
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8
Christian College. The offense
finally came alive, getting two
goals from Marcus Nilsson, and
one each from Kyle Gadbois and
Henrik Trulsson. Goalie Dave
Diller held Trinity to only one
goal. The tough defense of Mike
Gaspary, who earned two yellow
cards, Mike Johnson, and Stuart
Brown, helped.
"The last game we came
together and finally started play-ing
as a team," said Peterson.
And just in time. The team is
in action again this weekend at
the Wendy's Classic in Grand
Rapids, Michigan for what
should be its toughest weekend
of the year. On Sept. 12 they face
Hope College, which is always
one of the top teams in the coun-try,
and Calvin College the next
day. After returning from the
huge test in Michigan, they begin
play in the CCIW. Anyone not
able to make it to Grand Rapids
this weekend will have to wait
until September 27 when the
Vikings return home to take on
the Illinois Wesleyan University
Titans.
September 12, 1997 Page 5
By Peter Peterson
Welcome to North Park
University, and wel-come
to the first issue
of "The North Park University
Press." Specifically, welcome to
the first "Sacred & Profane" col-umn
of 1997. My name's Peter,'
and I'll be your waiter for the
evening.
The Topic(s): Revival and Fear.
Yoda: "Difficult to see. Always
in motion is the future."
We are, in case you hadn't
noticed, in a time of revival here
at North Park University. Just ask
some of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th year
students. We've got a new name,
new students, and a new spiritual
fire taking us into a new era of
this school's history. I'm thrilled;
yet this excitement comes with a
particular uncertainty. I fear that
in large-scale spiritual revivals,
we as Christians often tend to
simply "ride the wave:" We go to
chapel, not only because we want
to, not only because it is a time
wherein God may speak to or
touch us, but also because every-one
else is.
I want to challenge you to go,
to worship, to be involved, to
pray, to read, to meditate, to fast,
to volunteer and to acrifice, not
because it is trendy or popular,
and not because of a general atti-tude
around campus, but because
of God's call to you.
You see, there are two things I
honestly fear about our "new"
spiritual attitude. The first is that
it will wear off like so many para-chute
pants, acid-washed jeans,
and Hypercolor t-shirts; that it
will go away like most other bur-densome
past fancies. North Park
will return to its mostly solid, yet
famously uninvolved "body of
believers," and attendance at
"spiritual" activities will drop to
standard sub-standard levels. In
other words, things will go back
to "normal."
The other fear is that what has
happened here at North Park will
not be a "revival" but will be the
norm. And that "norm" will turn
into complacency, and the fresh
spiritual atmosphere here will
simply become the status quo,
and that status quo will not be
one fueled by passion for Christ,
but will be fueled by North
Park's old drinking buddies,
"Tradition"and "Comfortability."
In other words, I fear that the
new-found love for Christ and
the fire that this campus is expe-riencing
will have it's marrow
sucked from it and consequently,
what our revival is now will
become a mere display of spiritu-ality,
and not, indeed, legitimate
spirituality.
Look to God. Look to God
earnestly, even in the midst of a
revival. He wants us to love him
more, to serve him more. He
yearns for our friendship, our true
devotion, but if we fail to really
communicate with Him, if we fail
to wholly open ourselves up to
His leading, what good is it?
So my advice? Look to God in
our "revival," now, even more
than ever! Look to God even
though it is infinitely easier to
just go with the good things that
are happening. God is doing
amazing, incredible things here
on this campus, and if we listen
to Him as a campus and as indi-viduals,
if we open ourselves up
to His leading, I know that He
will use us in both small and
mighty ways. Ways that we may
never have thought possible.
Questions, comments?
Email ppeters@northpark.edu
See http://www.northpark.edul
-ppeters/sacprof/
North Park's new advice column
By Mark Carlson and Chris Newhouse
Everybody's a little nuts.
We all deal with issues
that don't always make
sense.This column gives you, the
reader, the opportunity to bring
your nuttiness out in the open.
Now, when we say everyone is
nuts, we mean that everyone has
problems, questions, or issues
that need to be dealt with.
Sometimes these may be silly or
humorous, but they often may be
of a more serious nature. Both
types are welcome in this col-umn.
We will do our best to provide
some insight into the questions
that are brought to the floor. We
must admit that we are far from
being experts in anything, and in
fact are a little nuts ourselves. In
writing a response column, how-ever,
we look forward to experi-encing
the North Park communi-ty
in a new way.
This column gives all of us the
opportunity to relate with each
other and embrace the individual
differences that makes each
human life unique, while also
recognizing the ties that unify us.
After all, we are now a
"University," celebrating unity in
the midst of diversity.
The mixture of topics found
here will depend primarily on the
diversity of questions submitted.
These can range from personal to
relational dilemmas; from sex to
religion; from culinary arts to
colonoscopies. The options are
endless. If you have something
that you have on your mind, send
it in and we'll do our best to bring
light to the situation. If we have
no idea what you are talking
about, we'll research it the best
we can. If that doesn't work,
we'll make something up.
We look forward to hearing
from you, the North Park student
body, and hope that it will be an
enjoyable experience for every-one.
Oh, and for those of you
with a tendency to march naked
down Foster singing "the wheels
on the bus go round and round,"
don't bother writing to us. We
suggest a more professional
venue for psychological analysis.
Either that, or go put some
clothes on.
Send letters to Mark and Chris at
"Pavlov's Dog/NP Press," Box 10.
Letter from the Editor's Desk
North Park College is dead and gone. Now standing in its place
is the faster growing, more attractive, and more accurately labeled
"North Park University." What does this mean for North Park stu-dents?
Probably not very much this year. Changes will be gradual
and relatively insignificant at first. There are, however, some big
changes in the student newspaper.
Since North Park is no longer simply a college, it wouldn't make
very much sense for the newspaper to remain "The College News."
So until the next time North Park changes its institutional status, the
paper will go by the name "The North Park Press."
Another new look to this year's paper is an advice column co-written
by seniors Mark Carlson and Christopher Newhouse, both
of whom have dabbled in psychological studies and counseling.
Students are invited to write in (anonymously if you choose) and
seek advice from these "specialists" on whatever issues you like.
Also new this year is the addition of President David Horner as
a guest columnist. His column "Horner's Corner" will appear once
per quad and will give the president a chance to address students on
whatever the hot topics happen to be at the time. President Horner
asked that it be made clear that he was invited to write this column
and in no way is this an attempt by the administration to bully its
way into what has traditionally been a student run newspaper. As
for the editorial staff here at the Press, we are happy to have him on
board.
And we would be even happier to have you on board—not only
as regular readers, but as writers. As always, we are actively recruit-ing
students to help us cover news around campus. If you are so
inclined to take on the challenge of journalism and see your name
in print, this is the perfect opportunity. Just come to our weekly
writers' meetings held every Monday night at 9:30 in the basement
of the Student Services building.
The student newspaper has consistently gotten better over the
past several years and The North Park Press has the potential to
continue improving. It is my hope to keep students informed while
maintaining a standard of excellence and accuracy in our coverage
of news at North Park.
Sincerely,
Seth Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
Not amused
I attended the annual North Park Show, a show meant to be
funny and entertaining. For most of it, I was entertained. But part
of it made me very upset.
The second to last act was a person singing a Christian song. I
do not have a problem with people who want to share their musi-cal
abilities, or who want to share music near and dear to them.
What upset me about this act was the singer asked everyone to
make the music a prayer for our lives. As a non-Christian, I felt
very excluded. The singer assumed everyone at the show agreed
with him. Since I did not fit into that assumption, I felt isolated. I
realize North Park is a Christian school and appropriately has
activities for the Christians on this campus, such as chapel and
College Life. But not everyone who attends North Park is a
Christian. Playing Christian music before the show started and
then asking people to join in prayer is making the North Park Show
unwelcoming to non-Christians. The purpose of activities like
these is for all students to have fun together. But people who feel
segregated are not going to attend these events. If all events at
North Park become unwelcoming to non-Christians then it will be
a great loss for everyone in the North Park community.
The last act was the lingerie show, where first-year men dance
around in first-year women's lingerie and pajamas. The pajamas
have been taken unbeknownst to the women. They then have to
claim their lingerie and undergarments in front of everyone. I
remember when I was a first-year student I was paralyzed with
fear. I was terrified some strange man would be wearing my paja-mas,
and I would have to claim them publicly. Fortunately, my
apparel were not amongst those on display and I was able to escape
embarrassment.
It was suggested to me some of the women may enjoy the
chance to be in the spotlight and to get some attention. But I know
of many women who would be humiliated and embarrassed. This
act is degrading and threatening to women because it invades their
private lives without their permission. It turns women into sex
objects because all these women are seen for is their lingerie. It
would be different if the men were simply dressing up in women's
clothes. But they wear garments that are meant for private use.
It upset me even more that these two events were placed side by
side. At one moment, the crowd and the facilitators are proclaim-ing
god's love. The next moment they are humiliating and degrad-ing
women. I think these are very contradictory to creating a lov-ing
community here at North Park, where people are accepted and
respected regardless of religion and sex.
Marta Johnson
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Brew 'n View
3145 N.Sheffield, One block west of
the Belmont el Stop at the Vic Theatre.
8:00 p.m. Breakdown
10:00 p.m. Con Air
12:00 a.m. Raising Arizona
Tour of Wall Projects by Tatsuya
McCoy and Carla Preiss. Free with
admission. Museum of Contemporary
Art at 220 E. Chicago Ave. For info,
call 312-280-4095.
B-Sharp Quartet. The Green Mill at'
4802 N. Broadway. 21 and over. Take
the Lawrence Bus to Broadway.
Playing Sat. night as well. For more
info, call 878-5552.
Faithless. Double Door at 1572 N.
Milwaukee. 9:00 p.m. 21 and over.
t-20!Af AV-a
Hyde Park/Kenwood Jazz Fest. 2:00
p.m. Martin Luther King High School
Auditorium at 4445 S. Drexel. For
more info, call 536-6555 or 536-3739.
Geraldine Fibbers. Lounge Ax at
2438 N. Lincoln. Take the Foster Bus
to Lincoln, transfer to the Lincoln Bus
to Halsted and Fullerton, walk back
north half a block. For more info, call
525-6620.
Tour of Wall Projects by Tatsuya
McCoy and Carla Preiss. Free with
admission. Museum of Contemporary
Art at 220 E. Chicago Ave. For info,
call 312-280-4095.
Pawnee Earth Lodge 20th
Anniversary Celebration. $5. The
Field Museum at S. Lakeshore Drive
and Roosevelt For more info, call 312-
922-9410.
Jackopierce. House of Blues at 329 N.
Dearborn. For more info, call 312-923-
2000.
Citrus. The Cubby Bear at Clark and
Addison. Take the el to Belmont, trans-fer
at Belmont and ride back north to
Addison. Walk west two blocks. For
more info, call 327-9455.
Aphex Twin and Sneaker Pimps.
The Vic Theatre.
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Brew 'n View
8:00 p.m. Breakdown
10:00 p.m. Con Air.
Tour of Permanent Collection. Free
with admission. Museum of
-Contemporary Art at 220 E. Chicago
Ave. For info, call 312-280-4095.
Tom Jones. $40. 8:00 p.m. Skyline
Stage at Navy Pier at 600 E. Grand.
Reel Big Fish. House of Blues.
Lozenge. Lounge Ax.
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Brew 'n View
8:00 p.m. Breakdown
10:00 p.m. Con Air
Steel Pulse. House of Blues.
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10:00 Con Air
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8:00 p.m. Breakdown
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Midnight Raising Arizona
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Jazzin' at the Shedd. The Shedd
Aquarium at 1200 S. Lakeshore Dr.
For more info, call 312-939-2438.
The Silence of the Lambs. Now-Sept.
18.$8. IMAX Theater at Navy Pier at
600 E. Grand. To order tickets by
phone, call 312 611 IMAX.
Chicago: The Drop Dead Broadway
Musical. Now-Sept. 21. $20-$70.
Shubert Theatre at 22 W. Monroe.
Tickets through Ticketmaster or at Box
Office.
Edgar Allan Poe-Once Upon a
Midnight. Now-Sept. 28. Tues. thru
Thurs. at 8:00 p.m. ($35.50), Fri. at
8:00 p.m. ($39.50), Sat. at 6:00 p.m.
and 9:00 p.m. ($39.50), Sun. at 3:00
p.m. ($39.50) and 7:00 p.m.
($35.50). The Mercury Theater at
3745 N. Southport. For more info,
call 325-1700.
A Stone Carver. Now-Oct. 5. Thurs.
at 7:00 p.m.($18.50), Fri. ($18.50) and
Sat. ($24.50) at 8:00 p.m., Sun at 3:00
pm. ($24.50). American Blues Theatre
at 3855 N. Lincoln. For tickets and
info, call 929-1031.
Macabaret. Now-Oct. 11. $12-$15.
7:30 p.m. and also 9:30 p.m. on Sat.
Victory Gardens Theater at 2257 N.
Lincoln, two blocks south of the
Lounge Ax.
Sweet and Hot: The Songs of Harold
Arlen.Now-Oct. 12. $18-$20. Wed at
2:00 p.m., Fri. and Sat. at 8:15 p.m.,
Sun. at 2:30 p.m. The Theatre Building
at 1225 W. Belmont. For more info,
call 327-5252.
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Bruce Dickinson. House of Blues.
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Brew 'n View
8:00 p.m. Breakdown
10:00 p.m. Con Air
Steel Pulse. House of Blues.
Urban Views: An Exhibition by Art
Institute Alimmi.Now-Oct. 17. Cliff
Dwellers Club at 200 S. Michigan
Ave., 22nd floor. For more info, call
312-899-5158.
Electronic Immersions: 4
Generations of Itihmis Artists. Now-
Oct 24. Mon. tluu Fri. 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. Illinois Art Gallery in the
James R. Thompson Center, Suite 2-
100 at 100W Randolf. For more info,
call 312-814-5322.
Who's in Control: Gun Violence in
America. Now-Nov. 15. $3.50.
Tues. thru Sat. 11:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. The Peace Museum at 314 W.
Institute Place. For more info, call
312-440-1860.
The Mind and Music of Bach. Now-
Nov. 15. Mon., Fri., and Sat., 8:15
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tues. thru Thurs.
8:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Newberry
Library at 60 W. Walton. For more
info, call 312-943-9090.
El Paso Blue. Sept. 19-Oct. 18. Thurs.
at 7:00 p.m. ($18), Fri. and Sat at 8:00
p.m. ($20) and Sun. at 3:00 p.m. ($22).
Noyes Cultural Arts Center at 927
Noyes St. in Evanston. For more info,
call 847-475-1875.
Thunder Knocking at the Door.
Sept. 24-Oct 19. $22-$32. Tue. thru
Fri. at 8:00 p.m., Sat. at 5:00 p.m. and
8:30 p.m., Sun. at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00
p.m. North Shore Center for the
Performing Arts at 9501 Skokie
Blvd, Skokie. For more info, call
847-673-6300.
The Museum of Science and
Industry. $6. Free on Thurs. Mon.
thru Fri. 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., week-ends
and holidays 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
57th St and Lakeshore Dr. For more
info, call 773-684-1414. ,
Theatre Review:
• September 12, 1997
The Old Razzle
Dazzle is New Again
by Greg Harms
Chicago: The Drop-Dead
Broadway Musical
*****
wo women, Velma Kelley
and Roxie Hart, commit
murder and are turned into
instant celebrities. They manipu-late
the press and hire a lawyer.
more interested in showmanship
than legal procedure. After a
lengthy trial, they are acquitted
and their celebrity status fades
away as other more lurid crimes
are brought into the spotlight.
While this scenario sounds'
like something from today's
headlines, it is actually the plot of
Chicago, a musical written over
20 years ago and enjoying a vast-ly
successful revival.
Everything about the show is
innovative and fresh. To start
with, there is no set. The orches-tra
takes up most of the stage, sit-ting
in a box, similar to the set of
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat. The
characters interact around the
band. Instead of costly sets, lights
are used to create the impression
of prison bars, giving the actors
more space to move around and
dance. .
Ann Reinking's Tony-win-ning
choreography is impres-sive,
and all of the cast members
are excellent dancers. The plot
is played out as a series of
songs, harkening back to the
vaudeville days rather than
modeling the current style of
11... the show finds more success as it tones
down the cynicism and focuses on the razzle-dazzle.
If.
Broadway musicals.
In the first act, each character
is introduced and performs a
song which develops their char-acter
and moves the plot along.
The main characters, Velma
Kelly, Roxie Hart, and their
lawyer, Billy Flynn, get the most
stage time. Jasmine Guy, who
portrays Velma, gives the best
performance of the three. She has
an incredible voice and dances
circles around anyone else in the
cast.
It is the minor characters who
are the most memorable, howev-er.
Matron Mama Morton, the
mistress of murderer's row is the
most bombastic. Carol Woods
belts out Mama's bump and grind
introduction "When You're Good
to Mama," with all the enthusi-asm
of Gypsy Rose Lee. Ron
Orbach plays Amos Hart,
Roxie's husband, and keeps the
character appropriately mousy
until he finally has enough of not
being noticed and brings the
house down with his perfor-mance
of "Mr. Cellophane."
Most entertaining of all is
M.E. Spencer as Mary Sunshine,
Writers wanted:
Write for the North Park Press and
be heard. Monday night meetings
are located in the basement of
Student Services, at 9:30.
See you there!
a Barbara Walters-like reporter
with a dark secret of her own.
The musical score, written by
John Kander and Fred Ebb (Kiss
of the Spider Woman, Cabaret )
is phenomenal. It consists of
Jazz, Dixieland, and other styles
from the 20s, which are all fused
together to create a brassy new
sound. The music is jolting one
minute and soothing the next, as
the action constantly changes. It
also provides a good buffer to the
cynical lyrics and plot.
One of the reasons Chicago
didn't do so well its first time
around was its overwhelming
cynicism. While much of its cyn-ical
outlook has been validated
by events of the last few years,
the show finds more success as it
tones down the cynicism and
focuses on the razzle-dazzle.
Director Walter Bobbie pulls
out all the stops to keep the audi-ence
entertained and is never
overtly preachy. It's not until the
final curtain that the message
really sinks home. Anyone with a
bit of the showman inside can get
away with anything.
Isn't America grand?
Rating System
***** Don't Miss It
**** Great
*** Decent
** Fair
* Forget it
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Movie Review:
Texas Chainsaw Massacre,
The Next Generation
By Greg Harms
Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
The Next Generation
Renee Zellweger
Matthew McConaughay
Horror
Director: Kim Henkel
**1/2
Back in 1994, Kim Henkel,
co-writer and producer of The
Texas Chain Saw Massacre
(*****), decided to do a
third sequel, and so wrote and
directed The Return of the Texas
Chainsaw Massacre.
He cast an unknown actress
named Renee Zellweger to play
the archetypal female victim
and the equally unknown
Matthew McConaughay to play
Leatherface's brother and the
real brains behind the
Leatherfate clan. The result was
so horrendous that the movie
was never released domestically.
Three years later, Zellweger
and McConaughay are two of
the biggest names in
Hollywood. So with a little re-editing
and a new title, Henkel
is attempting to cash in on their
popularity and put his movie in
the black. The result is still hor-rendous.
The plot is very cliched and
unoriginal. As a result, there are
few surprises and shocks. To
compensate for the weak plot,
Henkel uses fancy camera work
to make the. first 20 minutes
more suspenseful and atmos-pheric,
and it works.
The problem is, after the
group of teenagers, led by
Zellweger, make their way to
the Leatherface clan's house,
the movie degenerates into
camp and parody. To
poke fun at redneck
families, one family .
member brings home
pizza, and the whole
family dresses in
their best to feast.
Anyone who's
seep the original
knows that the
Leatherface clan
doesn't eat pizza. It
eats people. To
update the storyline,
Henkel tried to turn
Leatherface into a
character similar to
Buffalo Bill from
Silence of the
Lambs, but to no
avail. Leatherface in
drag inspires more laughter than
screams.
One of the biggest problems
is the stupidity of Zellweger's
character, coupled with
Zellweger's weak acting.
Despite repeated attempts, this
girl cannot make it out of the
front yard before being dragged
back into the house. No one in
real life could be as stupid as
she is in this movie, making it
very unbelievable. She also
never appears to be really
scared, so there's no reason for
the audience to be scared.
While Marlyn Burns very
convincingly screamed her head
off and conveyed a sense of real
terror in the. original,
Zellweger's screams are more
like soft shouts, and she tries to
remain too dignified in a role
that demands she break down
completely.
McConaugliay's acting is
much better. He is the only
recommendation that can be
Zellweger and McConaughay
are two of the biggest names in
Hollywood...
made to see this movie. He is
delightfully maniacal and
immerses himself completely in
the role of the insane head of the
Leatherface clan. He is convinc-ing
and scary.
For fans of the original, the
movie is not a total waste. The
freezer and meathook are back,
as well as the circle imagery,
and Grandpa makes a cameo
appearance. However, once the
thrill of seeing some familiar
objects wears off, there's noth-ing
left.
Henkel also attempts to give
a reason for the clan's behavior
which ends up only confusing
viewers, as well as decreasing
the scariness of the whole con-cept.
No matter how freaky any
explanation may be, it's scarier
to think that there's no reason
for the clan's action.
The real fright here is that
someone so involved in the orig-inal
could think that this swill
matches the original's creativity.
Movie Review:
In The Company of Men
By Greg Harms
In The Company of Men
Aaron Eckhart
Matt Malloy
Stacey Edwards
Drama
Director: Neil Labute
*****
One of the most controversial
movies this year, In the Company
of Men, is a thought-provoking
exposé of the business world.
The plot follows the cruelties
of college pals Chad (Aaron
Eckhart) and Howie (Matt
Malloy). There's their misogynis-tic
plot to simultaneously date
and later dump their deaf secre-tary
Christine (Stacey Edwards)
and to push her to suicide.
There's the corporate and person-al
backstabbing the two of them
do to each other. The crux is
Chad's manipulation of everyone
around him into his cruel games.
While the movie deals with
anger-filled themes, writer and
director Neil Labute keeps it very
subtle, so it never becomes over-powering.
The cameras follow
Chad and Howie, almost docu-mentary-
style, through their six
weeks in an anonymous city get-ting
their business's new branch
up and running.
Their characters are revealed
through their actions. Everyone's
acting is high class and very even
keel so no one stands out any-more
than anyone else, making
this movie a fine ensemble effort.
To diffuse the mounting rage and
anger, Labute effectively peppers
the movie with humor through-out.
A darkly hilarious scene is
when Chad finds out that
Christine, who virtually ignored
him when he first talked to her, is
deaf. He goes to her door and
screams. When there's no
response from her he walks away,
oblivious to everyone else who
has stepped into the hallway with
puzzled looks on their faces.
The ending of the movie is
perfect. As Chad's plots are
revealed, Howie tries to make
amends but fails miserably as
Christine gets her revenge.
While rumor mills have
already awarded Edwards the
Oscar for best supporting actress,
In the Company of Men runs the
Summer
Movie Recap
By Greg Harms, Adam A.
Ward and Annalisa Sporrong
Batman and Robin
* 1/2
A mind-numbingly bad rip-off of
the Dr. Phibes movies. GH
Breakdown
**** 1/2
A Hitchcockian thriller with a
great cast. GH
Chasing Amy
**** 1/2
A probing social commentary
disguised as an offbeat love
story. GH
Con Air
**
Good premise, but it just doesn't
pan out. AS
Contact
**** 1/2
Another great performance by
Jodie Foster in an excellent
example of what good sci-fi
should be. GH
Event Horizon
****
A visual treat with heart stopping
thrills. GH
The Fifth Element
Style but no substance. Very bor-ing.
GH
Grosse Pointe Blank
****
A twisted look at the joys of
going home again. GH
Hercules
*** 1/2
Disney's best post-Lion King
movie, but still not up to stan-dard.
GH
In the Company of Men
*****
Uncovers the misogyny embedded
in the patriarchal business world.
GH
Kiss Me, Guido
****
The underdeveloped plot is more
than made up for by likeable
characters. GH
The Lost World
***
Twice the dinosaurs, half the fun.
GH
Love! Valour! Compassion!
*****
Best picture of the summer.
Moving and bittersweet. GH
Mrs. Brown
***1/2
Oscar worthy performances by
everyone, but the plot is severely
underdeveloped. OH
Speed 2: Cruise Control
* 1/2
A sorry piece of celluloid. I
would rather have eaten brussels
sprouts in chocolate sauce for an
hour and fifty-three minutes. AAW
Texas Chainsaw Masscre: TNG
** 1/2
Dispite a brilliantly maniacal
performance by Matthew
McConaughay, it quickly degen-erates
into camp. GH
Twin Town
*****
Dark and disturbing, a great com-edy
about the drug culture in
Wales. GH
Ulee's Gold
***
Great performance by . Peter
Fonda, but overall muted and
MOW. GH
The Van
****
Hilarious and touching, the only
explosions are emotional. GH
"Everyone's acting is high class and very even keel
so no one stands out anymore than anyone else"
risk of being snubbed like The
People vs. Larry Flynt, last year's
controversial movie that was pre-dicted
to receive many more
nominations than the two it ulti-mately
received.
Audiences seem to get it this
time around though. The movie is
not embracing Chad and Howie's
behavior. It is exposing and
denouncing it, and even provides
a revenge fantasy at the end for
anyone who has been a victim of
male treachery. Hopefully the
academy will get it this time
around too.
'ow
Men's Soccer
on upswing
By David Nelson and Timothy
Lundgren
North Park soccer is looking
for big things from the 1997
men's team.
Following a successful 9-7
season last year, expectations
from fans and alumni are high,
and this year's team looks as if it
Could be up to the challenge.
With a good group of returning
players from last year's squad
and a strong first-year class, this
year's soccer team will try to
build on the success of last year's
team and take a shot at the COW
title.
The team will once again be
made up of players from across
the world. The team includes
players from both coasts of the
U.S., a group from Sweden, and
one new member from
Nicaragua. With the numbers up
this year, the team has one big
advantage over last year's
team—depth.
"All the players contribute to
the team," said sophomore player
Brian Gebhardt. "If one person
goes down there is another per-son
ready to step up."
Every player on the team
might be needed to fulfill the
high hopes and withstand the
pressure to play well – especially
with a 10 home game schedule
that includes a match against
perennial power Wheaton. The
schedule as a whole is more diffi-cult
this year, but third-year play-er
Mike Johnson likes the idea.
"In order to improve the pro-gram,
you have to play tougher
games, and the schedule reflects
that," said Johnson. "This year is
as good as any to make the jump,
especially coming off a winning
season."
The team is not intimidated by
its opponents, however.
"These guys really .feel they
could be as good as anyone in the
CCIW," said coach Peter Roman.
The season began at home
against Webster University on
Sept. 1. North Park controlled
the action for most of the game,
but they could not capitalize on
their opportunities. In the end
they had to rely on a solid game
in net by goalie Mike McAdams
and one first-half goal from
Daniel Obradovic to emerge with
a 1-1 tie.
"We played our hearts out,"
said sophomore forward Chris
Peterson. 'We just couldn't put it
in the back of the net."
After such a tough effort, their
next game was a let-down. On
Sept. 3 they welcomed Aurora
University for an afternoon
match up. Fans and players alike
braved the blustery winds and
low temperature to be a part of an
evenly played game. Though it
was certainly not one of North
Park's better games, they were
still able to take the Spartans to
overtime before losing 2-1. Many
players expressed their displea-sure
at the team's performance,
but they used that game as moti-vation
for their next.
After the first two disappoint-ing
games, North Park finally
turned its fortunes around with a
4-1 win last Saturday at Trinity
SEE SOCCER, PAGE 4
Fall Sports Preview
By Karen Grooms
For the athlete, fall means
training, running, Gatorade
chugging, coach's whistling,
and the blood, sweat and tears
accompanied by the thrill of
victory and the agony of defeat.
Kris Mante, North Park's
men's and women's, cross-coun-try
coach of four years, listed
the goals of the season as hav-ing
fun, working hard, and
moving up in the CCIW.
"We just want to have fun
and improve our times," said
Darlene Duncan, first-year
cross country team member.
"Hopefully all the hard work
will pay off."
Mike Liljegren, the head
football coach, stressed how the
team needed to stay focused.
"This season we are going to
take it one step at a time, one
game at a time, gaining positive
progress all the way," he said.
"For that positive progress to
really show on the playing field,
we need to win some ball
games."
Juston Nobiling, senior foot-ball
player, agreed: "We are
going to treat each game like it
was the first; setting our objec-tives
and working to Achieve
them."
Head soccer coach Peter
Roman stressed a different
aspect of athletics – team unity.
"We strive for excellence in the
midst of teamwork and unity,"
he said. "Each practice touches
on each of these aspects."
Coach Mante agreed: "Your
team can only be as good as
your least strongest person or
part wants to be."
Liljegren said, "We are going
to have to rely on a lot of Young
players to carry the team this
season and things like freshmen
and sophomore ',mistakes are
inevitable."
Another obstacle to the fall
teams is the long off-season.
"The off season is often
times just as important as the on
season," said Mante. "Two of
our top runners put a good sum-mer
of running in and that has
proved to be a great help in
practices."
"Our group of five seniors
really deserve a lot of the credit
for the overall attitude of the
team this year and work ethic,"
Liljegren said. "They have done
a lot in the off-season to prepare
for the season."
Mante is optimistic about the
cross-country team's chemistry,
saying it is the best she has seen
it in five years.
Though the athletes may
often wonder why they are run-ning
five miles when they could
easily be watching reruns of the
Brady Bunch, and though the
season may be full of small dis-appointments,
when these ath-letes
look back on their season,
they inevitably reach the sarhe
conclusion – it was worth it.
Summer in the Bleachers
By Charles Adam Sikorski
Wrigley Field Crowd Control is
the best summer job in the city
and is definitely a rush.
I was able tq watch the Cubs lose a lot,
talk to little kids, talk to girls (especially
this one 24-year-old teacher), kick out
drunk, rowdy people, and enhance my list
of connections all while wearing long
pants in the months of June, July and August.
I worked 52 games this summer,
endured two Beanie Baby days, performed
or assisted in dozens of ejections, had one
letter of commendation written about me
by a fan, and accidentally threw a Cub
rookie's first home run ball to a little kid.
In other years I had to break up a lot of
fights in the stands, but the crowd was
much more tame this year. I only had one
fight on my hands this summer.
The Crowd Management did a great job
preventing fights this summer by kicking
people out before fights could start. We
still have a lot of ejections, but the fights
were not as common as they used to be.
Some people love the excitement of these
fights, but the true fans are rewarded by
being able to see all of what is happening
on the field. •
The only time the crowd seemed really
out of control was during Beanie Baby
days. Those stupid little animals that girls
go nuts over were given out at Wrigley
Field twice this summer to the first 10,000
kids ages twelve and under to arrive at the
stadium. They were given out once early in
the season and again just two weeks ago.
We had sellouts on both of those days and
it Was mayhem. We had people lined up
outside the gates early in the morning. It
was a pain putting up with the parents and
kids that complained about not getting
one. Thank goodness that is over.
Without any major brawls to -brag
about, my main claim to fame this summer
was that I grabbed Cub rookie Kevin
One's first major league home run ball.
Over the off-season the Cubs organiza-tion
put Juniper bushes in the center field
area where there is no seating. Now when
a home run lands there, instead of bounc-ing
back out like it used to when it hit the
hard pavement, it gets stuck in the shrubs
and one of us has to go fish it out. Orie's
first home run landed there, and I was
riearby when it happened. So I ran into the
bushes to look for it, but I didn't know it
was his first homer. I am not paid to keep
day to day statistics on the Cubs players.
So when I found it, I tossed it to a kid,
following normal handbook policy. Then I
saw my section chief lead the kid down-stairs,
and someone explained to me the
significance of that ball.
The kid got to go to the clubhouse, meet
the players, and receive some autographed
items in return for the ball. Though I
missed out on a great opportunity, I
became even more famous than I already •
was as a result. From what I heard, Harry
Caray and Steve Stone were going crazy
talking about it, and I made the news,
which I videotaped. I sure hope Kevin
One hits 500.dingers in his career, because
when he is in Cooperstown someday, there
might be a picture of me in the bushes dig-ging
for his first one.
Unfortunately, the summer is over, but
working some games in September helps
me with my denial that school has started.
I especially treasure these last few
games as they may not only be the last
games I work this year, but they may be
the last few of my life.
Either way, I will always remember
working in the best place to watch a game
in the most beautiful ballpark in the world.

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Carney dismissed
After Hours position eliminated from UO.
By Karen Grooms an
Seth Johnson
Erika Carney's position
as director of Urban
Outreach's after school
program, After Hours, was
eliminated early July due
to necessary budget cuts
and inter-relational con-flicts
within the staff.
"We had expected some
funding, specifically for
the renovations we did to
the Underground, and
ongoing funds for the
[Urban Outreach] staff,"
explained President David
Horner. "The funds we actually
received were only about half of
what we were expecting. And the
funds for hiring staff had vanished
completely."
Carney gave further explana-tion
of her dismissal saying,
"There were interpersonal con-flicts
within the Urban Outreach
staff that were found to be unre-solveable
by the North Park
administration and this con-tributed
to my dismissal from the
staff."
President Horner stressed that
"though it was Erika's position
that was eliminated, it's not fair
Erika Carney at the dedication of the
Underground last year.
PIMP
Nancy Arnesen's newly-adopted
daughter.
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Overview of NPU's
fall sports
Back page
The razzle-dazzle of
Chicago. A theatre
Page 6 review.
to say that Erika was the singular
cause to the problems of the
interrelations of the staff."
Student Director of Urban
Outreach Matt Palmquist pointed
out that although Carney was one
of the driving forces behind the
program's initiation and success,
"many of the people who were
inspired by her are still here. [Her
dismissal] allows them to take a
greater role in the leadership of
After Hours."
The funds for the After Hours
program which fell through were
supposed to come from a Seattle-based
company who, according
to Carney, had agreed to give
$100,000 to the After
Hours program.
"The company
promised to pay
$50,000 in October of
1996," said Carney,
"and pay the remaining
$50,000 in the Spring of
1997. The company ran
into some financial dif-ficulties,"
she contin-ued,
"and were not able
to keep their end of the
deal for the remaining
$50,000."
Attributing the
• shortage of funds to a
miscommunication, Homer said,
"There was a misunderstanding
on what [the company] had com-mitted
to."
Carney's future plans are to
attend Fuller Theological
Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.,
during the upcoming quad and to
return to Chicago in January to
continue seminary at North Park.
Carney expressed her confi-dence
that the NPU administra-tion
is dedicated to seeing the
After Hours program succeed.
"God has total and complete con-trol,"
she added, "and whatever
happens happens ,because God
planned it to be that way."
Vandals caught
By Matt Guncheon
SENIOR WRITER
On Wednesday night,
Chicago Police arrested two
juveniles for writing gang-related
graffitti on the eastern doors of
Von Steuben High School.
According to the officers who
made the arrest, the graffitti was
linked to the FamiliaStones gang
which claims territory south of
Kedzie Avenue on the border of
the North Park University campus.
The juveniles scrawled
"FMN", short for "Familia
Stones Nation" on the door
familiar to North Parkers as the
door Von Steuben students use to
access the park adjacent to the
bridge.
According to the officers, the
CPD has increased its presence
in the neighborhood around
North Park, and plan to keep a
Gang-related graffiti on
the east door of Von
Steuben High School.
close watch on gang-related
activities.
"With the college [North
Park] nearby, we try and keep the
gangbangers away from here
[Von Steuben]," explained one
officer.
As the paper went to press,
charges were pending against the
two juvenile offenders.
A crane works to clear rubble from Foster Avenue
after a car smashed into the Sweden Shop.
Sweden Shop
crumbles
By Adam A.Ward
The Sweden Shop was
smashed when a driver heading
east on Foster Avenue attempt-ed
to pass three cars, lost con-trol
of his vehicle, and spun a
sharp left into the southeast
corner of the store.
The collision, which leveled
the store's corner support pillar
and caused a partial collapse of
the building, occurred at about
12:15 ant on Monday, August 11.
"I heard his tires screeching
and saw him smash into the
pole of the Sweden Shop." said
Amy Olson. "After a minute,
the driver climbed out of the
[passenger] window and
limped off."
The unidentified man was
driving a stolen '94 Honda
Civic, and he successfully
escaped the scene. Police
arrived about ten minutes later
and blocked off Foster between
Kimball and Kedzie Avenues
because they feared a total col-lapse
of the building.
"I felt it. It was like a vol-cano,
an explosion," said Andy
Sharma, who was sleeping in
his apartment above the store
when the crash occurred.
"When I got down, [the build-ing]
was already busted," he
says. "Smoke was coming out
of the accident site."
Residents of the four apart-ments
at risk of collapse were
temporarily moved to different
locations, said Gosta
Bergstrom, who owns the
building and allowed three of
the displaced tenants to stay in
his own home.
Later that day, a construction
crane tore down the damaged
portion of the building, and
placed boards over the open-ings.
Bergstrom estimateed that
the structural damage to the
building totals between sixty
and seventy thousand dollars
and that repairs will take at
least another month.
Meanwhile, the Sweden Shop
remains boarded up but is still
open for business as usual.
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By President David Horner
Iappreciate the invitation of the student leadership of the newly
named "North Park Press" to communicate to the campus com-munity
via this column twice each semester of the academic year.
My intention is to use this space to address emerging or current cam-pus
issues and to inform students of major institutional plans or con-cerns.
In this my first column of the new academic year I would like
to speak to an apparently mundane but important topic related to our
ongoing development as a "university" — academic organization.
After two years of discussion with the facutly, an academic organi-zation
proposal was developed and approved by the Board of Trustees
last spring. The previous and new organizations are as follows:
Prior Organization
Division of Humanities
Division of Fine Arts
Division of Social Science
Division of Science & Math
Division of Nursing
North Park Theological Seminary
New Organization
College of Arts & Sciences
School of Music
School of Education
School of Business
School of Nursing
School of Continuing Studies
North Park Theological Seminary
During this academic year an internal search will be conducted to
appoint a Dean of Undergraduate Studies (a new member of the
President's Cabinet) from among the ranks of the current faculty.
Dean Ebner, formerly Dean of the College Faculty, has taken on a new
role as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate and
Professional Studies. The Dean of Undergraduate Studies will provide
leadership to the professional schools and the School of Continuing
Studies.
The expected pay-off from this rearrangement is a greater focus on
the development of the liberal arts as the academic "heart" of North
Park University as well as greater attention to maximizing the quality
of the total undrgraduate experience. At the same time we expect to
continue to improve the development of graduate, adult and profes-sional
academic programs, which have played an important role
throughout North Park's history and have fueled much of our enroll-ment
growth since 1990 — during which time we have grown from
just over 1,000 students to more than 2,000 students.
In my next column I intend to address the topic of enrollment
growth and such questions as: Why do we want North Park to grow?
How big do we want North Park to be? Will our growth threaten the
highly personal quality of North Park?
I hope that students and others will find these columns informative
and helpful. We are off to a good start in what promises to be an excit-ing
first year as North Park University!
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Seth Johnson
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Peri Stone
NEws EDI I OR
Sara Bussema
SPORTS EDILOR
Tim Lundgren
PULSE EDITOR
Greg Harms
SENIOR WRITER
Matt Guncheon
LAYOUT EDITOR
Deb Hendriksma
BUSINESS MANAGER
Nate Anderson
Phone Number:(773) 244-5618
Fax Number:(773) 244-5551
3225 W. Foster Ave. Box 10
Chicago, IL 60625
David G. Horner
President
Homelessness
and hunger
New focus at Urban Outreach
By Maria VanAlmen
A weekend spent scrounging
for food and sleeping on lower
Wacker Drive two years ago
made homelessness a reality for
senior Tina Campain, who now
helps lead Urban Outreach's new
Homelessness and Hunger Team.
Campain was partipating in
"Urban Plunge"
with five other
North Parkers
where they
spent the
weekend with
only the
clothes they
were wearing,
a blanket and
$1.50. During that time Campain
was able to meet some homeless
people who she is still friends
with today.
Campain's interest in the issue
was instrumental in the new team
being formed at Urban Outreach
(UO), said director Ruth
Werstler.
"She basically made the team
up," Werstler explained.
Campain oversees the three
different programs:
Breakthrough, JPUSA
Cornerstone Community
Outreach and North Park
Covenant Church Food Pantry.
Juniors Peter Norl and and
Jeani Habegger are also part of
the team. Norland will be coordi-nating
campus events like
"Urban Plunge," and Habegger
will develop service opportuni-ties
for the classroom.
Norland has been interested in
helping the homeless since he
took an ethics class his first year
at North Park. He hopes to make
a permanent difference in their
lives, rather than just walk by and
give them a few quarters. People
do not acknowledge the home-less
when walking by, points out
Norland, but the homeless
acknowledge them.
The team's
goals are for stu-dents
to form
friendships
with the indi-viduals
that
they will be
helping out and
to treat these indi-viduals
as real people.
"Breakthrough" deals with run-ning
a homeless shelter.
Volunteers are needed Sunday
through Wednesday from 8 p.m.
to 10 p.m. at a shelter located at
the First Evangelical Free
Church at 5251 N. Ashland St.
The JPUSA Cornerstone
Community Outreach is about
offering love, care and compas-sion
to women and children
housed in a transitional living
shelter located at 4626 N. Clifton
St., and volunteers are needed on
Fridays between 6 and 9 p.m.
North Park Covenant Church
Pantry, 5240 N.Christiana St.
works to pack, sort, and deliver
food to local needy families.
Students can volunteer on
Wednesdays from 12-3 or 3-6
p.m. or on Fridays from 2-5 p.m.
Those interested in volunteer-ing
can contact the Urban
Outreach office at X-5554.
Late Cupola tradition
By Sara Bussema and Betsy
Froebel
Returning students received
1996-97 Cupolas on August 27,
despite severe production diffi-culties
for the second year in a row.
The new yearbook problems
began when senior Lukas Eklund
was hired to create the 1996-97
yearbook. He completed only 60
pages before graduation, howev-er,
saying he intended to finish
the book when fall classes
resumed.
But Student Association (SA)
President Krist Werling fired
him, taking on editor responsibil-ity
himself to ensure a timely
publication.
"Students deserve to get a
yearbook on time," Werling
explained.
Werling hired fellow junior
Nicole Charrunas, and the two
"Once again, the Cupola was ditched and left
to die: It is an unfortunate occurence. 11
—excerpt from SA's apology
in the 1996-97 Cupola
worked furiously to complete the
book over the summer. Despite a
serious lad( of photos, they com-pleted
a 208-nage yearbook on
July 10.
"Overall, I'd like to think it's
pretty good," said Werling, but he
acknowledged that it needs addi-tional
writing and more diverse
candid photos. He also apolo-gized
for omitting several sports
pages because of the photo short-age.
The troubled history of Cupola
production dates back to 1995,
when then-junior yearbook editor
Tamara Quintero was stepped
down halfway through the year.
Production halted until senior
Ryan Richardson took over her
job, but he did not finish the
1995-96 yearbook until February
of 1997.
SA directs $28,000 toward the
Cupola each year, making year-book
production the largest
expenditure from student activity
funds.
"We essentially wasted [that
money] over the last two years,"
says Werling. "That's got to
stop."
Junior Sarah Park has been
hired as editor of 1997-8 Cupola,
which Werling promises will be
high quality and on time.
September 12, 1997
"What has been your
biggest obstacle since
coining to NPU this
yea r?
"To be accepted
into society."
AHMED MEMON, SR.
"Since I'm a
commuter, I
don't really
know what's
going on."
HANJO0 CHOI, SR.
"Everybody
• thinks they're
dating my
girlfriend."
JAY BAEHR, 1ST YR.
"Learning how
to cook."
jODY RIGENBERG, SR.
September 12, 1997
By Peri Stone
Before April, English professor
Nancy Arnesen wondered if she
would ever see her daughter charm
the masses at North Park registration.
It had been a dream for awhile, she said,
but one she had given up on until April 4,
1997. On this day she received a picture of
10-month old Emma Mei
from China along medical
records reporting good health.
Arnesen began the process
of Chinese adoption in
August 1995 with the hopes
of receiving a baby six
months later. Although the
exact reasons are unclear,
Arnesen attributes the two-year
wait to Chinese adminis-trative
changes in adoption
policy. A group of 18 families
and single women, who like
Arnesen were applying
through the Sunnyridge
Family Center in , Wheaton,
Ill., all had to wait.
While they waited, the
number of Americans adopting
Chinese babies skyrocketed.
The numbers jumped from 187
Americans in 1994 to 2,130 in
1995, according to the U.S.
State Department. The num-bers
for 1996 are 3,333 and are
expected to be topped in 1997.
This could be because
Chinese adoption policies
meet needs that aren't met
with policies in other coun-one
that is so different, takes a really long
time," Arnesen said.
She did have some impressions, includ-ing
a sense of joy there despite the lack of
material things. She also noticed their love
for children.
"We got presents everywhere," she said.
The hotel even gave Emma a bracelet.
This description greatly contrasts that of
the American perception of Chinese
parents killing or abandoning
their baby girls. But this is a
part of the reality there as well.
The majority of abandoned
children available for adoption
in China are girls. Anyone who
has more than one child in
China has to pay a penalty,
which is especially difficult for
the poor.
"There is a strong his-torical
preference for males,"
explained Arnesen. Old age
security plays a big role.
Females have an obligation to
their in-laws, while males take
care of their own families.
Arnesen knows little
about Emma's history other
than that she lived in an
orphanage. Some newly-adopted
Chinese babies are
under-nourished, have respira-tory
infections or skin condi-tions,
according to an article in
the New York Times (8/19/97).
Arnesen has had no such
problems.
"Emma is such a happy
baby," she said, "It's obvious
A North Park professor's
journey into motherhood.
tries, including the U.S.
Domestic adoption would
have been impossible for Arnesen, a single
woman.
Other adoptive parents are attracted to
China's requirement to be 35-55 years of
age. In other countries they would be con-sidered
too old.
Although the logistics for Chinese
adoption made sense for Arnesen, the idea
overwhelmed her, she said. The turning
point came when her brother's bout with
AIDS took a turn for the worse.
"It put life in perspective," she said. "I
realized I needed to have courage and
accept change."
Arnesen put herself in her brother's
place and realized that not adopting a child
would have been her one regret.
This moment of clarity was fully real-ized
on July 9, 1997, in Nanchang, China.
Arnesen had received permission to travel
from the Chinese government on July 1,
bought airline tickets on July 3, and
received final confirmation and left for
Tokyo with her mother on July 4. They
arrived in Nanchang on July 8 after sever-al
stops, including one to Hong Kong.
After a forty-five minute drive to the hotel,
the two wearied travelers had only enough
time to check-in.
It was 11:00 p.m.; their suitcases were
untouched. Arnesen looked down the hall-way
and saw someone carrying Emma
towards her.
"I lost it," she said. And since then
Arnesen says she's never been happier.
It's a weird blend of stress and exhilara-tion
and joy," she said.
Beyond the usual respiinsibilities of
raising a child, Arnesen has committed
herself to integrating the ways of China
into Emma's life.
"Culturally she is going to have dual
citizenship," Arnesen explained. "And so
am!."
Arnesen hopes to learn Mandarin with
Emma and to take her back to China. The
two will eat Chinese foods, sometimes
with chopsticks, and celebrate Chinese
holidays like the Autumn Moon Fest.
"Learning another culture, especially
she was well taken care of."
Arnesen also describes
Emma as purposeful, recounting an inci-dent
at registration.
While Arnesen conferred with a stu-dent,
President David Horner sat down
with Emma on his lap. Emma began pick-ing
up registration cards and stacking them
one by one on his hand. Horner comment-ed
that Emma looked like she was trying to
accomplish something. When Emma fin-ished
with the stack of cards, she applauded.
Moments like these certainly make the
usual doldrums of parenthood easier.
Although Arnesen is a single parent, she
doesn't feel like she faces these doldrums
alone.
"I feel like I have all these communities
of support," she said.
Arnesen's parents help out while she
teaches one class this semester. Details for
next semester, when she is scheduled to
return full-time, haven't been finalized.
Arnesen is obviously thrilled with
motherhood: "I wake up every morning,"
she said, "and it still seems like a miracle."
Internships waiting for students
By Ian Arsenault
Students looking to get a leg up on the
competitive job market should consider
North Park's Internship program.
This 15-week program gives students
the opportunity to gain work experience.
To be eligible for an internship, students
must have attended North Park for at least
one full year, earned at least 60 credits,
and hold a GPA of at least 2.5 in their
major. To be accepted into the program,
students must interview with Internship
Coordinator Chuck Olson and provide
suitable resumes.
Interns are required to work at least 15
hours per week, keep a daily log of activi-ties,
do some assigned reading and write a
final paper. A faculty sponsor oversees
each intern, who earns two to eight credit
hours based on a pass/fail grading system.
The deadline to apply for a Spring
internship is November 1.
Graduating seniors should also consider
attending the Fall Illinois Collegiate Job
Fair, which will be held in DePaul
University's Alumni Hall on Friday,
October 24, 1997. Students can pre-regis-ter
by by sending $5 and a resume copy by
October 17th.
Page 3
By Matt Guncheon
The inaugural
address
Disclaimer: The View from Here acknowl-edges
no debt to Steven Dahlin for the use
of the phrase and concept "North Park
Daycare." We simply refer to this in the
trade as - 'finders keepers" or sometimes
even "Presidential speechwriting." Thank
you and good night.
Friends and neighbors of our new
University, I begin this wonderfully
tasty year here at this institute of
higher earning O-n a semi-positive note.
We are now a University: a place hal-lowed
by traditions, where the ridiculous is
the normal, where people like me are con-sidered
to be evidence that the undergradu-ate
system is still intact. (There's a scary
thought.) Where the afterlife is considered
to be the two-week period after graduation
— where the sacred is — you get the point.
If you're having a hard time with this
definition, relax. You're not the only one.
I hate to say it, but we seem to have
stopped somewhere along the Yellow Brick
Road to the Emerald University City and
found ourselves at North Park Daycare.
We don't have a single problem typical-ly
associated with universities showing up
yet — they all must have the wrong
address. Maybe the campus post office
mistakenly forwarded them to
Northeastern Illinois or worse yet,
Wheaton. We just can't seem to get ahead
of them.
I mean, I see no drunken bacchanalia
and scenes of debauchery along a row of
quaint houses, (unless you count that we
now have a Monopoly set of apartments on
Carmen Avenue), no national champi-onship
teams being arrested for carting off
entire Foot Lockers' worth of merchandise,
no flashy alumni in such memorable films
as Rudy and Smolcey and the Bandit, no
Playboy Playmates to our credit, no spon-sorship
deals with Nike and NBC, no NFL
alumni currently serving probation ... Hell,
Bill Cosby hasn't even shown up at gradu-ation
yet, the ungrateful son-of-a-goat.
We do have some redeeming qualities.
Apparently we're having the most, trendy
university ailment: mascot problems. Of
course we can blame the North Park Viking
—when was the last time you saw a Viking
cleaning up his mess after a long hard day
burning and pillaging? My vote goes to the
North Park University North Branch Green
Wave, eco-friendly and able to suck the
life out of anything in its path.
I don't know though, people. Until we
start appearing on the five o'clock news
with grim regularity, or at the very least,
actually get on the Princeton Party Schools
list, no one's gonna take our nameserious-ly.
I mean it. We just gotta do something
about this — it's bad for business.
That's the view from up here on the
Hump trying to incite a riot, or at the very
least, get some of these wholesome-look-ing
people deported to Northwestern.
Page 4
Week in Review
DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES, was buried early Saturday morning in
London during an elaborate funeral ceremony in which her brother,
Earl Spencer, berated the media for their role in her life and death.
Billions of people around the world continue to mourn her loss.
Meanwhile, police are investigating the details of the Paris car acci-dent
that killed Diana, her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed, and driver Henri
Paul. Recent reports have confirmed that Paul was legally drunk and
that Diana was not wearing a seatbelt.
MOTHER THERESA DIED of a heart attack last Friday at age 87. The
Roman Catholic nun and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner headed the
Missionaries of Charity, a worldwide organization of over 4,000 nuns.
Indian Prime Minister I.K. Gujral broke national protocol by granting
her a state funeral, and she will be buried at St. Thomas's Church in
Calcutta on Saturday. Her ceremony will be broadcast live on net-work
television at 1:30 a.m.
SECRETARY OF STATE Madeleine Albright embarked on her first jour-ney
to the Middle East Wednesday, despite what may be the most vio-lent
atmosphere in several years. Albright was welcomed by Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who says her efforts are the best
hope for progress in recently disrupted peacemaking efforts. Triple
suicide bombings in Jerusalem that left four dead and 192 injured pre-cede
her visit.
A 60-FOOT FERRY sank off the coast of Haiti Monday, possibly killing
over 200 people. Only 60 survivors are confirmed. The United
Nations is spearheading a salvage effort in the 120-foot-deep waters
where the boat capsized, and 99 bodies have been retrieved.
Anguished villagers are angrily accusing the government of negli-gence
after reports that lax regulations caused the accident.
THE TWO LAWYERS in Paula Jones' sexual harassment case against
President Clinton withdrew from her case Tuesday for what they call
"fundamental differences." The men reportedly clashed with Jones
over her refusal to accept a settlement in the lawsuit.
A FEMALE CADET at Virginia Military Institute has been suspended for
two semesters for punching a male upperclassmen. Angelica Garza,
18, was among 30 females who enrolled in August at VMI, an 158-
year-old, previously all-male campus. The incident occurred during a
rat-line, where cadets are required to stand at attention and endure ver-bal
abuse from superiors.
SIR GEORG SOLTI, perhaps the most revered conductor in the world,
died last week at the age of 85. He will be honored in an Oct. 25 con-cert
by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
,New Gym Floor. First major
move toward "university" status.
Magnuson Campus Center ior carpeted. But how nice will this
be when the wet, muddy winter
rears its ugly head?
N.. Brown, the new color of the
bridge. Second major move
towards "university" status.
NIL Leaky roof in Anderson
Chapel. Didn't this building just
go up four years ago?
4116._ End-of-the-year South Africa
trip. Suddenly canceled!?
September 12, 1997
Band Jam—Atwitter, North Park's Christian alternative band, takes a break
from their big gigs at True Tunes, to entertain a crowd on the hump. Band
members include (from left to right) Phil Kuhl (guitar), Tina Campain (vocals),
Jeremiah Bedford (drums), and Dave Oliver (bass). Also performing at the
event was 5 Men Down.
Chicago: the other side
By Matt Guncheon
On September 27, Urban
Outreach and the Threshold com-mittee
will once again sponsor a
one-day service project that helps
the Threshold students become
acquainted to both Urban
Outreach and our community.
Urban Outreach will be host-ing
the Ninth Annual Chicago:
The Other Side (CTOS), a one-time
service requirement for all
North Park University's first-year
students.
In the past, students have had
the chance to work for a variety
of community organizations. Last
year, Urban Outreach invited
community organizations to vol-unteer
alongside a group of stu-dents
at several sites close to the
North Park campus that were
chosen by the community organi-zations.
This year the event will begin
at 9:00 a.m. in the Multi-Purpose
Room with a short speech and an
introduction of community mem-bers.
Student groups will be
divided up and then connected
with a community group. They
will work together on a restora-tion
project in the area. After
lunch, the groups will disband
and be dismissed.
Attendance at last year's
event, according to junior Peter
VerHage, CTOS coordinator, was
about 170 people. This year,
VerHage expects close to 200.
"Thirty people in one year's
time is a .pretty good sign of
growth," said VerHage.
CTOS will be held between
9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on
Saturday, September 27. If you
would like to participate or have
questions, please call Peter
VerHage at extension 5559 or e-mail
at pverhag@northpark.edu
New and more efficient method for
the handling of student concerns
By Sarah Doyle
In previous years at North Park, students have been given the
opportunity to express concerns they had at the student concerns table
in the main lobby of Carlson Tower every Monday.
This table was set up to provide a means of communication for res-ident
and commuter students. Part of senate's mission is to actively
seek out and act upon student needs and concerns, and the senate takes
this duty very seriously.
Although the best of intentions went into setting up the student
concerns table, it was seldom used as a source of communication
between the students and the senate. For this reason, the student con-cerns
committee has begun work to overhaul the current system.
Students can expect to see a student concerns table in the Viking
Lounge and student concern boxes in every residence hall. This will
enable students to express concerns at any time. A box will also be
placed in Carlson Tower for the benefit of commuter students.
Part-Time Youth Group Leader Sought:
Enjoy working with High School youth? Enjoy helping young kids have fun
in a Christian context? First United Methodist Church of Franklin Park is
seeking to employ a college student to work with our Jr.-Sr. High youth
group. We are several miles from O'Hare International Airport, about 15
minutes away.
Renumeration: $250.00 per month
Job Description: Leading our afternoon Jr. - Sr. High Youth Program the
first three Sundays of each month, September-May, and teaching a
Sunday School class one hour Sunday mornings. The group is small, but
very enthusiastic. The pastor and parents will work as a resource group
with the youth worker. If you are interested in the position, please call
(847)455-5858 and ask for Pastor Williams.
SOCCER
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8
Christian College. The offense
finally came alive, getting two
goals from Marcus Nilsson, and
one each from Kyle Gadbois and
Henrik Trulsson. Goalie Dave
Diller held Trinity to only one
goal. The tough defense of Mike
Gaspary, who earned two yellow
cards, Mike Johnson, and Stuart
Brown, helped.
"The last game we came
together and finally started play-ing
as a team," said Peterson.
And just in time. The team is
in action again this weekend at
the Wendy's Classic in Grand
Rapids, Michigan for what
should be its toughest weekend
of the year. On Sept. 12 they face
Hope College, which is always
one of the top teams in the coun-try,
and Calvin College the next
day. After returning from the
huge test in Michigan, they begin
play in the CCIW. Anyone not
able to make it to Grand Rapids
this weekend will have to wait
until September 27 when the
Vikings return home to take on
the Illinois Wesleyan University
Titans.
September 12, 1997 Page 5
By Peter Peterson
Welcome to North Park
University, and wel-come
to the first issue
of "The North Park University
Press." Specifically, welcome to
the first "Sacred & Profane" col-umn
of 1997. My name's Peter,'
and I'll be your waiter for the
evening.
The Topic(s): Revival and Fear.
Yoda: "Difficult to see. Always
in motion is the future."
We are, in case you hadn't
noticed, in a time of revival here
at North Park University. Just ask
some of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th year
students. We've got a new name,
new students, and a new spiritual
fire taking us into a new era of
this school's history. I'm thrilled;
yet this excitement comes with a
particular uncertainty. I fear that
in large-scale spiritual revivals,
we as Christians often tend to
simply "ride the wave:" We go to
chapel, not only because we want
to, not only because it is a time
wherein God may speak to or
touch us, but also because every-one
else is.
I want to challenge you to go,
to worship, to be involved, to
pray, to read, to meditate, to fast,
to volunteer and to acrifice, not
because it is trendy or popular,
and not because of a general atti-tude
around campus, but because
of God's call to you.
You see, there are two things I
honestly fear about our "new"
spiritual attitude. The first is that
it will wear off like so many para-chute
pants, acid-washed jeans,
and Hypercolor t-shirts; that it
will go away like most other bur-densome
past fancies. North Park
will return to its mostly solid, yet
famously uninvolved "body of
believers," and attendance at
"spiritual" activities will drop to
standard sub-standard levels. In
other words, things will go back
to "normal."
The other fear is that what has
happened here at North Park will
not be a "revival" but will be the
norm. And that "norm" will turn
into complacency, and the fresh
spiritual atmosphere here will
simply become the status quo,
and that status quo will not be
one fueled by passion for Christ,
but will be fueled by North
Park's old drinking buddies,
"Tradition"and "Comfortability."
In other words, I fear that the
new-found love for Christ and
the fire that this campus is expe-riencing
will have it's marrow
sucked from it and consequently,
what our revival is now will
become a mere display of spiritu-ality,
and not, indeed, legitimate
spirituality.
Look to God. Look to God
earnestly, even in the midst of a
revival. He wants us to love him
more, to serve him more. He
yearns for our friendship, our true
devotion, but if we fail to really
communicate with Him, if we fail
to wholly open ourselves up to
His leading, what good is it?
So my advice? Look to God in
our "revival," now, even more
than ever! Look to God even
though it is infinitely easier to
just go with the good things that
are happening. God is doing
amazing, incredible things here
on this campus, and if we listen
to Him as a campus and as indi-viduals,
if we open ourselves up
to His leading, I know that He
will use us in both small and
mighty ways. Ways that we may
never have thought possible.
Questions, comments?
Email ppeters@northpark.edu
See http://www.northpark.edul
-ppeters/sacprof/
North Park's new advice column
By Mark Carlson and Chris Newhouse
Everybody's a little nuts.
We all deal with issues
that don't always make
sense.This column gives you, the
reader, the opportunity to bring
your nuttiness out in the open.
Now, when we say everyone is
nuts, we mean that everyone has
problems, questions, or issues
that need to be dealt with.
Sometimes these may be silly or
humorous, but they often may be
of a more serious nature. Both
types are welcome in this col-umn.
We will do our best to provide
some insight into the questions
that are brought to the floor. We
must admit that we are far from
being experts in anything, and in
fact are a little nuts ourselves. In
writing a response column, how-ever,
we look forward to experi-encing
the North Park communi-ty
in a new way.
This column gives all of us the
opportunity to relate with each
other and embrace the individual
differences that makes each
human life unique, while also
recognizing the ties that unify us.
After all, we are now a
"University," celebrating unity in
the midst of diversity.
The mixture of topics found
here will depend primarily on the
diversity of questions submitted.
These can range from personal to
relational dilemmas; from sex to
religion; from culinary arts to
colonoscopies. The options are
endless. If you have something
that you have on your mind, send
it in and we'll do our best to bring
light to the situation. If we have
no idea what you are talking
about, we'll research it the best
we can. If that doesn't work,
we'll make something up.
We look forward to hearing
from you, the North Park student
body, and hope that it will be an
enjoyable experience for every-one.
Oh, and for those of you
with a tendency to march naked
down Foster singing "the wheels
on the bus go round and round,"
don't bother writing to us. We
suggest a more professional
venue for psychological analysis.
Either that, or go put some
clothes on.
Send letters to Mark and Chris at
"Pavlov's Dog/NP Press," Box 10.
Letter from the Editor's Desk
North Park College is dead and gone. Now standing in its place
is the faster growing, more attractive, and more accurately labeled
"North Park University." What does this mean for North Park stu-dents?
Probably not very much this year. Changes will be gradual
and relatively insignificant at first. There are, however, some big
changes in the student newspaper.
Since North Park is no longer simply a college, it wouldn't make
very much sense for the newspaper to remain "The College News."
So until the next time North Park changes its institutional status, the
paper will go by the name "The North Park Press."
Another new look to this year's paper is an advice column co-written
by seniors Mark Carlson and Christopher Newhouse, both
of whom have dabbled in psychological studies and counseling.
Students are invited to write in (anonymously if you choose) and
seek advice from these "specialists" on whatever issues you like.
Also new this year is the addition of President David Horner as
a guest columnist. His column "Horner's Corner" will appear once
per quad and will give the president a chance to address students on
whatever the hot topics happen to be at the time. President Horner
asked that it be made clear that he was invited to write this column
and in no way is this an attempt by the administration to bully its
way into what has traditionally been a student run newspaper. As
for the editorial staff here at the Press, we are happy to have him on
board.
And we would be even happier to have you on board—not only
as regular readers, but as writers. As always, we are actively recruit-ing
students to help us cover news around campus. If you are so
inclined to take on the challenge of journalism and see your name
in print, this is the perfect opportunity. Just come to our weekly
writers' meetings held every Monday night at 9:30 in the basement
of the Student Services building.
The student newspaper has consistently gotten better over the
past several years and The North Park Press has the potential to
continue improving. It is my hope to keep students informed while
maintaining a standard of excellence and accuracy in our coverage
of news at North Park.
Sincerely,
Seth Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
Not amused
I attended the annual North Park Show, a show meant to be
funny and entertaining. For most of it, I was entertained. But part
of it made me very upset.
The second to last act was a person singing a Christian song. I
do not have a problem with people who want to share their musi-cal
abilities, or who want to share music near and dear to them.
What upset me about this act was the singer asked everyone to
make the music a prayer for our lives. As a non-Christian, I felt
very excluded. The singer assumed everyone at the show agreed
with him. Since I did not fit into that assumption, I felt isolated. I
realize North Park is a Christian school and appropriately has
activities for the Christians on this campus, such as chapel and
College Life. But not everyone who attends North Park is a
Christian. Playing Christian music before the show started and
then asking people to join in prayer is making the North Park Show
unwelcoming to non-Christians. The purpose of activities like
these is for all students to have fun together. But people who feel
segregated are not going to attend these events. If all events at
North Park become unwelcoming to non-Christians then it will be
a great loss for everyone in the North Park community.
The last act was the lingerie show, where first-year men dance
around in first-year women's lingerie and pajamas. The pajamas
have been taken unbeknownst to the women. They then have to
claim their lingerie and undergarments in front of everyone. I
remember when I was a first-year student I was paralyzed with
fear. I was terrified some strange man would be wearing my paja-mas,
and I would have to claim them publicly. Fortunately, my
apparel were not amongst those on display and I was able to escape
embarrassment.
It was suggested to me some of the women may enjoy the
chance to be in the spotlight and to get some attention. But I know
of many women who would be humiliated and embarrassed. This
act is degrading and threatening to women because it invades their
private lives without their permission. It turns women into sex
objects because all these women are seen for is their lingerie. It
would be different if the men were simply dressing up in women's
clothes. But they wear garments that are meant for private use.
It upset me even more that these two events were placed side by
side. At one moment, the crowd and the facilitators are proclaim-ing
god's love. The next moment they are humiliating and degrad-ing
women. I think these are very contradictory to creating a lov-ing
community here at North Park, where people are accepted and
respected regardless of religion and sex.
Marta Johnson
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Brew 'n View
3145 N.Sheffield, One block west of
the Belmont el Stop at the Vic Theatre.
8:00 p.m. Breakdown
10:00 p.m. Con Air
12:00 a.m. Raising Arizona
Tour of Wall Projects by Tatsuya
McCoy and Carla Preiss. Free with
admission. Museum of Contemporary
Art at 220 E. Chicago Ave. For info,
call 312-280-4095.
B-Sharp Quartet. The Green Mill at'
4802 N. Broadway. 21 and over. Take
the Lawrence Bus to Broadway.
Playing Sat. night as well. For more
info, call 878-5552.
Faithless. Double Door at 1572 N.
Milwaukee. 9:00 p.m. 21 and over.
t-20!Af AV-a
Hyde Park/Kenwood Jazz Fest. 2:00
p.m. Martin Luther King High School
Auditorium at 4445 S. Drexel. For
more info, call 536-6555 or 536-3739.
Geraldine Fibbers. Lounge Ax at
2438 N. Lincoln. Take the Foster Bus
to Lincoln, transfer to the Lincoln Bus
to Halsted and Fullerton, walk back
north half a block. For more info, call
525-6620.
Tour of Wall Projects by Tatsuya
McCoy and Carla Preiss. Free with
admission. Museum of Contemporary
Art at 220 E. Chicago Ave. For info,
call 312-280-4095.
Pawnee Earth Lodge 20th
Anniversary Celebration. $5. The
Field Museum at S. Lakeshore Drive
and Roosevelt For more info, call 312-
922-9410.
Jackopierce. House of Blues at 329 N.
Dearborn. For more info, call 312-923-
2000.
Citrus. The Cubby Bear at Clark and
Addison. Take the el to Belmont, trans-fer
at Belmont and ride back north to
Addison. Walk west two blocks. For
more info, call 327-9455.
Aphex Twin and Sneaker Pimps.
The Vic Theatre.
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Brew 'n View
8:00 p.m. Breakdown
10:00 p.m. Con Air.
Tour of Permanent Collection. Free
with admission. Museum of
-Contemporary Art at 220 E. Chicago
Ave. For info, call 312-280-4095.
Tom Jones. $40. 8:00 p.m. Skyline
Stage at Navy Pier at 600 E. Grand.
Reel Big Fish. House of Blues.
Lozenge. Lounge Ax.
,t7frg-0,:Vrs
Brew 'n View
8:00 p.m. Breakdown
10:00 p.m. Con Air
Steel Pulse. House of Blues.
Brew 'n View
8:00 p.m. Breakdown
10:00 Con Air
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Brew 'n View
8:00 p.m. Breakdown
10:00 p.m. Con Air
Midnight Raising Arizona
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Jazzin' at the Shedd. The Shedd
Aquarium at 1200 S. Lakeshore Dr.
For more info, call 312-939-2438.
The Silence of the Lambs. Now-Sept.
18.$8. IMAX Theater at Navy Pier at
600 E. Grand. To order tickets by
phone, call 312 611 IMAX.
Chicago: The Drop Dead Broadway
Musical. Now-Sept. 21. $20-$70.
Shubert Theatre at 22 W. Monroe.
Tickets through Ticketmaster or at Box
Office.
Edgar Allan Poe-Once Upon a
Midnight. Now-Sept. 28. Tues. thru
Thurs. at 8:00 p.m. ($35.50), Fri. at
8:00 p.m. ($39.50), Sat. at 6:00 p.m.
and 9:00 p.m. ($39.50), Sun. at 3:00
p.m. ($39.50) and 7:00 p.m.
($35.50). The Mercury Theater at
3745 N. Southport. For more info,
call 325-1700.
A Stone Carver. Now-Oct. 5. Thurs.
at 7:00 p.m.($18.50), Fri. ($18.50) and
Sat. ($24.50) at 8:00 p.m., Sun at 3:00
pm. ($24.50). American Blues Theatre
at 3855 N. Lincoln. For tickets and
info, call 929-1031.
Macabaret. Now-Oct. 11. $12-$15.
7:30 p.m. and also 9:30 p.m. on Sat.
Victory Gardens Theater at 2257 N.
Lincoln, two blocks south of the
Lounge Ax.
Sweet and Hot: The Songs of Harold
Arlen.Now-Oct. 12. $18-$20. Wed at
2:00 p.m., Fri. and Sat. at 8:15 p.m.,
Sun. at 2:30 p.m. The Theatre Building
at 1225 W. Belmont. For more info,
call 327-5252.
s
Bruce Dickinson. House of Blues.
kaedtPteaA,s
Brew 'n View
8:00 p.m. Breakdown
10:00 p.m. Con Air
Steel Pulse. House of Blues.
Urban Views: An Exhibition by Art
Institute Alimmi.Now-Oct. 17. Cliff
Dwellers Club at 200 S. Michigan
Ave., 22nd floor. For more info, call
312-899-5158.
Electronic Immersions: 4
Generations of Itihmis Artists. Now-
Oct 24. Mon. tluu Fri. 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. Illinois Art Gallery in the
James R. Thompson Center, Suite 2-
100 at 100W Randolf. For more info,
call 312-814-5322.
Who's in Control: Gun Violence in
America. Now-Nov. 15. $3.50.
Tues. thru Sat. 11:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. The Peace Museum at 314 W.
Institute Place. For more info, call
312-440-1860.
The Mind and Music of Bach. Now-
Nov. 15. Mon., Fri., and Sat., 8:15
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tues. thru Thurs.
8:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Newberry
Library at 60 W. Walton. For more
info, call 312-943-9090.
El Paso Blue. Sept. 19-Oct. 18. Thurs.
at 7:00 p.m. ($18), Fri. and Sat at 8:00
p.m. ($20) and Sun. at 3:00 p.m. ($22).
Noyes Cultural Arts Center at 927
Noyes St. in Evanston. For more info,
call 847-475-1875.
Thunder Knocking at the Door.
Sept. 24-Oct 19. $22-$32. Tue. thru
Fri. at 8:00 p.m., Sat. at 5:00 p.m. and
8:30 p.m., Sun. at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00
p.m. North Shore Center for the
Performing Arts at 9501 Skokie
Blvd, Skokie. For more info, call
847-673-6300.
The Museum of Science and
Industry. $6. Free on Thurs. Mon.
thru Fri. 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., week-ends
and holidays 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
57th St and Lakeshore Dr. For more
info, call 773-684-1414. ,
Theatre Review:
• September 12, 1997
The Old Razzle
Dazzle is New Again
by Greg Harms
Chicago: The Drop-Dead
Broadway Musical
*****
wo women, Velma Kelley
and Roxie Hart, commit
murder and are turned into
instant celebrities. They manipu-late
the press and hire a lawyer.
more interested in showmanship
than legal procedure. After a
lengthy trial, they are acquitted
and their celebrity status fades
away as other more lurid crimes
are brought into the spotlight.
While this scenario sounds'
like something from today's
headlines, it is actually the plot of
Chicago, a musical written over
20 years ago and enjoying a vast-ly
successful revival.
Everything about the show is
innovative and fresh. To start
with, there is no set. The orches-tra
takes up most of the stage, sit-ting
in a box, similar to the set of
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat. The
characters interact around the
band. Instead of costly sets, lights
are used to create the impression
of prison bars, giving the actors
more space to move around and
dance. .
Ann Reinking's Tony-win-ning
choreography is impres-sive,
and all of the cast members
are excellent dancers. The plot
is played out as a series of
songs, harkening back to the
vaudeville days rather than
modeling the current style of
11... the show finds more success as it tones
down the cynicism and focuses on the razzle-dazzle.
If.
Broadway musicals.
In the first act, each character
is introduced and performs a
song which develops their char-acter
and moves the plot along.
The main characters, Velma
Kelly, Roxie Hart, and their
lawyer, Billy Flynn, get the most
stage time. Jasmine Guy, who
portrays Velma, gives the best
performance of the three. She has
an incredible voice and dances
circles around anyone else in the
cast.
It is the minor characters who
are the most memorable, howev-er.
Matron Mama Morton, the
mistress of murderer's row is the
most bombastic. Carol Woods
belts out Mama's bump and grind
introduction "When You're Good
to Mama," with all the enthusi-asm
of Gypsy Rose Lee. Ron
Orbach plays Amos Hart,
Roxie's husband, and keeps the
character appropriately mousy
until he finally has enough of not
being noticed and brings the
house down with his perfor-mance
of "Mr. Cellophane."
Most entertaining of all is
M.E. Spencer as Mary Sunshine,
Writers wanted:
Write for the North Park Press and
be heard. Monday night meetings
are located in the basement of
Student Services, at 9:30.
See you there!
a Barbara Walters-like reporter
with a dark secret of her own.
The musical score, written by
John Kander and Fred Ebb (Kiss
of the Spider Woman, Cabaret )
is phenomenal. It consists of
Jazz, Dixieland, and other styles
from the 20s, which are all fused
together to create a brassy new
sound. The music is jolting one
minute and soothing the next, as
the action constantly changes. It
also provides a good buffer to the
cynical lyrics and plot.
One of the reasons Chicago
didn't do so well its first time
around was its overwhelming
cynicism. While much of its cyn-ical
outlook has been validated
by events of the last few years,
the show finds more success as it
tones down the cynicism and
focuses on the razzle-dazzle.
Director Walter Bobbie pulls
out all the stops to keep the audi-ence
entertained and is never
overtly preachy. It's not until the
final curtain that the message
really sinks home. Anyone with a
bit of the showman inside can get
away with anything.
Isn't America grand?
Rating System
***** Don't Miss It
**** Great
*** Decent
** Fair
* Forget it
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Movie Review:
Texas Chainsaw Massacre,
The Next Generation
By Greg Harms
Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
The Next Generation
Renee Zellweger
Matthew McConaughay
Horror
Director: Kim Henkel
**1/2
Back in 1994, Kim Henkel,
co-writer and producer of The
Texas Chain Saw Massacre
(*****), decided to do a
third sequel, and so wrote and
directed The Return of the Texas
Chainsaw Massacre.
He cast an unknown actress
named Renee Zellweger to play
the archetypal female victim
and the equally unknown
Matthew McConaughay to play
Leatherface's brother and the
real brains behind the
Leatherfate clan. The result was
so horrendous that the movie
was never released domestically.
Three years later, Zellweger
and McConaughay are two of
the biggest names in
Hollywood. So with a little re-editing
and a new title, Henkel
is attempting to cash in on their
popularity and put his movie in
the black. The result is still hor-rendous.
The plot is very cliched and
unoriginal. As a result, there are
few surprises and shocks. To
compensate for the weak plot,
Henkel uses fancy camera work
to make the. first 20 minutes
more suspenseful and atmos-pheric,
and it works.
The problem is, after the
group of teenagers, led by
Zellweger, make their way to
the Leatherface clan's house,
the movie degenerates into
camp and parody. To
poke fun at redneck
families, one family .
member brings home
pizza, and the whole
family dresses in
their best to feast.
Anyone who's
seep the original
knows that the
Leatherface clan
doesn't eat pizza. It
eats people. To
update the storyline,
Henkel tried to turn
Leatherface into a
character similar to
Buffalo Bill from
Silence of the
Lambs, but to no
avail. Leatherface in
drag inspires more laughter than
screams.
One of the biggest problems
is the stupidity of Zellweger's
character, coupled with
Zellweger's weak acting.
Despite repeated attempts, this
girl cannot make it out of the
front yard before being dragged
back into the house. No one in
real life could be as stupid as
she is in this movie, making it
very unbelievable. She also
never appears to be really
scared, so there's no reason for
the audience to be scared.
While Marlyn Burns very
convincingly screamed her head
off and conveyed a sense of real
terror in the. original,
Zellweger's screams are more
like soft shouts, and she tries to
remain too dignified in a role
that demands she break down
completely.
McConaugliay's acting is
much better. He is the only
recommendation that can be
Zellweger and McConaughay
are two of the biggest names in
Hollywood...
made to see this movie. He is
delightfully maniacal and
immerses himself completely in
the role of the insane head of the
Leatherface clan. He is convinc-ing
and scary.
For fans of the original, the
movie is not a total waste. The
freezer and meathook are back,
as well as the circle imagery,
and Grandpa makes a cameo
appearance. However, once the
thrill of seeing some familiar
objects wears off, there's noth-ing
left.
Henkel also attempts to give
a reason for the clan's behavior
which ends up only confusing
viewers, as well as decreasing
the scariness of the whole con-cept.
No matter how freaky any
explanation may be, it's scarier
to think that there's no reason
for the clan's action.
The real fright here is that
someone so involved in the orig-inal
could think that this swill
matches the original's creativity.
Movie Review:
In The Company of Men
By Greg Harms
In The Company of Men
Aaron Eckhart
Matt Malloy
Stacey Edwards
Drama
Director: Neil Labute
*****
One of the most controversial
movies this year, In the Company
of Men, is a thought-provoking
exposé of the business world.
The plot follows the cruelties
of college pals Chad (Aaron
Eckhart) and Howie (Matt
Malloy). There's their misogynis-tic
plot to simultaneously date
and later dump their deaf secre-tary
Christine (Stacey Edwards)
and to push her to suicide.
There's the corporate and person-al
backstabbing the two of them
do to each other. The crux is
Chad's manipulation of everyone
around him into his cruel games.
While the movie deals with
anger-filled themes, writer and
director Neil Labute keeps it very
subtle, so it never becomes over-powering.
The cameras follow
Chad and Howie, almost docu-mentary-
style, through their six
weeks in an anonymous city get-ting
their business's new branch
up and running.
Their characters are revealed
through their actions. Everyone's
acting is high class and very even
keel so no one stands out any-more
than anyone else, making
this movie a fine ensemble effort.
To diffuse the mounting rage and
anger, Labute effectively peppers
the movie with humor through-out.
A darkly hilarious scene is
when Chad finds out that
Christine, who virtually ignored
him when he first talked to her, is
deaf. He goes to her door and
screams. When there's no
response from her he walks away,
oblivious to everyone else who
has stepped into the hallway with
puzzled looks on their faces.
The ending of the movie is
perfect. As Chad's plots are
revealed, Howie tries to make
amends but fails miserably as
Christine gets her revenge.
While rumor mills have
already awarded Edwards the
Oscar for best supporting actress,
In the Company of Men runs the
Summer
Movie Recap
By Greg Harms, Adam A.
Ward and Annalisa Sporrong
Batman and Robin
* 1/2
A mind-numbingly bad rip-off of
the Dr. Phibes movies. GH
Breakdown
**** 1/2
A Hitchcockian thriller with a
great cast. GH
Chasing Amy
**** 1/2
A probing social commentary
disguised as an offbeat love
story. GH
Con Air
**
Good premise, but it just doesn't
pan out. AS
Contact
**** 1/2
Another great performance by
Jodie Foster in an excellent
example of what good sci-fi
should be. GH
Event Horizon
****
A visual treat with heart stopping
thrills. GH
The Fifth Element
Style but no substance. Very bor-ing.
GH
Grosse Pointe Blank
****
A twisted look at the joys of
going home again. GH
Hercules
*** 1/2
Disney's best post-Lion King
movie, but still not up to stan-dard.
GH
In the Company of Men
*****
Uncovers the misogyny embedded
in the patriarchal business world.
GH
Kiss Me, Guido
****
The underdeveloped plot is more
than made up for by likeable
characters. GH
The Lost World
***
Twice the dinosaurs, half the fun.
GH
Love! Valour! Compassion!
*****
Best picture of the summer.
Moving and bittersweet. GH
Mrs. Brown
***1/2
Oscar worthy performances by
everyone, but the plot is severely
underdeveloped. OH
Speed 2: Cruise Control
* 1/2
A sorry piece of celluloid. I
would rather have eaten brussels
sprouts in chocolate sauce for an
hour and fifty-three minutes. AAW
Texas Chainsaw Masscre: TNG
** 1/2
Dispite a brilliantly maniacal
performance by Matthew
McConaughay, it quickly degen-erates
into camp. GH
Twin Town
*****
Dark and disturbing, a great com-edy
about the drug culture in
Wales. GH
Ulee's Gold
***
Great performance by . Peter
Fonda, but overall muted and
MOW. GH
The Van
****
Hilarious and touching, the only
explosions are emotional. GH
"Everyone's acting is high class and very even keel
so no one stands out anymore than anyone else"
risk of being snubbed like The
People vs. Larry Flynt, last year's
controversial movie that was pre-dicted
to receive many more
nominations than the two it ulti-mately
received.
Audiences seem to get it this
time around though. The movie is
not embracing Chad and Howie's
behavior. It is exposing and
denouncing it, and even provides
a revenge fantasy at the end for
anyone who has been a victim of
male treachery. Hopefully the
academy will get it this time
around too.
'ow
Men's Soccer
on upswing
By David Nelson and Timothy
Lundgren
North Park soccer is looking
for big things from the 1997
men's team.
Following a successful 9-7
season last year, expectations
from fans and alumni are high,
and this year's team looks as if it
Could be up to the challenge.
With a good group of returning
players from last year's squad
and a strong first-year class, this
year's soccer team will try to
build on the success of last year's
team and take a shot at the COW
title.
The team will once again be
made up of players from across
the world. The team includes
players from both coasts of the
U.S., a group from Sweden, and
one new member from
Nicaragua. With the numbers up
this year, the team has one big
advantage over last year's
team—depth.
"All the players contribute to
the team," said sophomore player
Brian Gebhardt. "If one person
goes down there is another per-son
ready to step up."
Every player on the team
might be needed to fulfill the
high hopes and withstand the
pressure to play well – especially
with a 10 home game schedule
that includes a match against
perennial power Wheaton. The
schedule as a whole is more diffi-cult
this year, but third-year play-er
Mike Johnson likes the idea.
"In order to improve the pro-gram,
you have to play tougher
games, and the schedule reflects
that," said Johnson. "This year is
as good as any to make the jump,
especially coming off a winning
season."
The team is not intimidated by
its opponents, however.
"These guys really .feel they
could be as good as anyone in the
CCIW," said coach Peter Roman.
The season began at home
against Webster University on
Sept. 1. North Park controlled
the action for most of the game,
but they could not capitalize on
their opportunities. In the end
they had to rely on a solid game
in net by goalie Mike McAdams
and one first-half goal from
Daniel Obradovic to emerge with
a 1-1 tie.
"We played our hearts out,"
said sophomore forward Chris
Peterson. 'We just couldn't put it
in the back of the net."
After such a tough effort, their
next game was a let-down. On
Sept. 3 they welcomed Aurora
University for an afternoon
match up. Fans and players alike
braved the blustery winds and
low temperature to be a part of an
evenly played game. Though it
was certainly not one of North
Park's better games, they were
still able to take the Spartans to
overtime before losing 2-1. Many
players expressed their displea-sure
at the team's performance,
but they used that game as moti-vation
for their next.
After the first two disappoint-ing
games, North Park finally
turned its fortunes around with a
4-1 win last Saturday at Trinity
SEE SOCCER, PAGE 4
Fall Sports Preview
By Karen Grooms
For the athlete, fall means
training, running, Gatorade
chugging, coach's whistling,
and the blood, sweat and tears
accompanied by the thrill of
victory and the agony of defeat.
Kris Mante, North Park's
men's and women's, cross-coun-try
coach of four years, listed
the goals of the season as hav-ing
fun, working hard, and
moving up in the CCIW.
"We just want to have fun
and improve our times," said
Darlene Duncan, first-year
cross country team member.
"Hopefully all the hard work
will pay off."
Mike Liljegren, the head
football coach, stressed how the
team needed to stay focused.
"This season we are going to
take it one step at a time, one
game at a time, gaining positive
progress all the way," he said.
"For that positive progress to
really show on the playing field,
we need to win some ball
games."
Juston Nobiling, senior foot-ball
player, agreed: "We are
going to treat each game like it
was the first; setting our objec-tives
and working to Achieve
them."
Head soccer coach Peter
Roman stressed a different
aspect of athletics – team unity.
"We strive for excellence in the
midst of teamwork and unity,"
he said. "Each practice touches
on each of these aspects."
Coach Mante agreed: "Your
team can only be as good as
your least strongest person or
part wants to be."
Liljegren said, "We are going
to have to rely on a lot of Young
players to carry the team this
season and things like freshmen
and sophomore ',mistakes are
inevitable."
Another obstacle to the fall
teams is the long off-season.
"The off season is often
times just as important as the on
season," said Mante. "Two of
our top runners put a good sum-mer
of running in and that has
proved to be a great help in
practices."
"Our group of five seniors
really deserve a lot of the credit
for the overall attitude of the
team this year and work ethic,"
Liljegren said. "They have done
a lot in the off-season to prepare
for the season."
Mante is optimistic about the
cross-country team's chemistry,
saying it is the best she has seen
it in five years.
Though the athletes may
often wonder why they are run-ning
five miles when they could
easily be watching reruns of the
Brady Bunch, and though the
season may be full of small dis-appointments,
when these ath-letes
look back on their season,
they inevitably reach the sarhe
conclusion – it was worth it.
Summer in the Bleachers
By Charles Adam Sikorski
Wrigley Field Crowd Control is
the best summer job in the city
and is definitely a rush.
I was able tq watch the Cubs lose a lot,
talk to little kids, talk to girls (especially
this one 24-year-old teacher), kick out
drunk, rowdy people, and enhance my list
of connections all while wearing long
pants in the months of June, July and August.
I worked 52 games this summer,
endured two Beanie Baby days, performed
or assisted in dozens of ejections, had one
letter of commendation written about me
by a fan, and accidentally threw a Cub
rookie's first home run ball to a little kid.
In other years I had to break up a lot of
fights in the stands, but the crowd was
much more tame this year. I only had one
fight on my hands this summer.
The Crowd Management did a great job
preventing fights this summer by kicking
people out before fights could start. We
still have a lot of ejections, but the fights
were not as common as they used to be.
Some people love the excitement of these
fights, but the true fans are rewarded by
being able to see all of what is happening
on the field. •
The only time the crowd seemed really
out of control was during Beanie Baby
days. Those stupid little animals that girls
go nuts over were given out at Wrigley
Field twice this summer to the first 10,000
kids ages twelve and under to arrive at the
stadium. They were given out once early in
the season and again just two weeks ago.
We had sellouts on both of those days and
it Was mayhem. We had people lined up
outside the gates early in the morning. It
was a pain putting up with the parents and
kids that complained about not getting
one. Thank goodness that is over.
Without any major brawls to -brag
about, my main claim to fame this summer
was that I grabbed Cub rookie Kevin
One's first major league home run ball.
Over the off-season the Cubs organiza-tion
put Juniper bushes in the center field
area where there is no seating. Now when
a home run lands there, instead of bounc-ing
back out like it used to when it hit the
hard pavement, it gets stuck in the shrubs
and one of us has to go fish it out. Orie's
first home run landed there, and I was
riearby when it happened. So I ran into the
bushes to look for it, but I didn't know it
was his first homer. I am not paid to keep
day to day statistics on the Cubs players.
So when I found it, I tossed it to a kid,
following normal handbook policy. Then I
saw my section chief lead the kid down-stairs,
and someone explained to me the
significance of that ball.
The kid got to go to the clubhouse, meet
the players, and receive some autographed
items in return for the ball. Though I
missed out on a great opportunity, I
became even more famous than I already •
was as a result. From what I heard, Harry
Caray and Steve Stone were going crazy
talking about it, and I made the news,
which I videotaped. I sure hope Kevin
One hits 500.dingers in his career, because
when he is in Cooperstown someday, there
might be a picture of me in the bushes dig-ging
for his first one.
Unfortunately, the summer is over, but
working some games in September helps
me with my denial that school has started.
I especially treasure these last few
games as they may not only be the last
games I work this year, but they may be
the last few of my life.
Either way, I will always remember
working in the best place to watch a game
in the most beautiful ballpark in the world.